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Responses to recession and restructuring: Employment trends in the Sao Paulo metropolitan region, 1979-87

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It is often argued that during recession women and children are put into the labour market in order to maintain household incomes. They are forced into low-paid jobs in the informal sector. Evidence from Sao Paulo suggests a different picture. During recession young people withdrew from the labour market. Adult female participation rates did increase, but more slowly than the long-term trend. Women's entry into the labour market during recession was not accompanied by a deterioration in employment conditions or a widening of male and female wage differentials. When the economy recovered, it was adult males who did not regain the losses in formal sector employment sustained in the recession.

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  • John Humphrey, 1996. "Responses to recession and restructuring: Employment trends in the Sao Paulo metropolitan region, 1979-87," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 33(1), pages 40-62.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jdevst:v:33:y:1996:i:1:p:40-62
    DOI: 10.1080/00220389608422452
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    1. Birchall, Johnston., 2001. "Organizing workers in the informal sector : a strategy for trade union: cooperative action," ILO Working Papers 993490573402676, International Labour Organization.
    2. Tindara Addabbo & Paula Rodríguez-Modroño & Lina Gálvez-Muñoz, 2013. "Gender and the Great Recession: Changes in labour supply in Spain," Department of Economics (DEMB) 0010, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Department of Economics "Marco Biagi".
    3. Weller, Jürgen, 2001. "Economic reforms, growth and employment: labour markets in Latin America and the Caribbean," Libros de la CEPAL, Naciones Unidas Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), number 2273 edited by Eclac.
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    5. Kye Woo LEE & Kisuk CHO, 2005. "Female labour force participation during economic crises in Argentina and the Republic of Korea," International Labour Review, International Labour Organization, vol. 144(4), pages 423-450, December.
    6. Takao FUKUCHI, 1998. "A Simulation Analysis Of The Urban Informal Sector," The Developing Economies, Institute of Developing Economies, vol. 36(3), pages 225-256, September.
    7. Rania Roushdy & May Gadallah, 2011. "Labor Market Adjustment during the World Financial Crisis: Evidence from Egypt," Working Papers 643, Economic Research Forum, revised 10 Jan 2011.
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    10. Sabarwal, Shwetlena & Sinha, Nistha & Buvinic, Mayra, 2010. "How do women weather economic shocks ? a review of the evidence," Policy Research Working Paper Series 5496, The World Bank.

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