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Employment and Wages in Industry: The Case of Brazil

In: Human Resources, Employment and Development

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  • Maria Conceicao Tavares
  • Paulo Renato Souza

Abstract

Latin American economic and social thought in the 1960s was characterised by a profoundly pessimistic view of the manufacturing sector’s ability to generate employment. These discussions gave rise to arguments about marginality (Nun, 1969; Cardoso, 1971; Nun, 1971) and the links between income distribution, employment and technology. (CEPAL, 1966; Pinto, 1965, 1970; Vuskovic, 1970; Tavares and Serra, 1971). Emphasis was usually placed on the low rate of labour absorption in the modern activities and services, with the resultant tendency toward ‘spurious’ employment growth (Prebisch, 1970) both in the public sector and in marginal activities, especially services. This particular employment behaviour was blamed for the expansion of the poverty-stricken sector of Latin America’s urban centres. Conversely, it was assumed that those who entered modern activities would enjoy living standards that would almost certainly be out of the reach of those employed in the marginal or informal sectors.

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  • Maria Conceicao Tavares & Paulo Renato Souza, 1983. "Employment and Wages in Industry: The Case of Brazil," International Economic Association Series, in: Victor L. Urquidi & Saúl Trejo Reyes (ed.), Human Resources, Employment and Development, chapter 11, pages 195-210, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:intecp:978-1-349-17214-6_11
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-17214-6_11
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