Heterogeneity in the labor market: unemployment and non-participation in Brazil

This article examines the criteria for classification between unemployment and non-participation in the labor force.We analyze the behavior of anon-employed subgroup, called marginally attached to the labor market (those who are not working or searching for a job in the reference week, but are willi...

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Main Authors: Marina Ferreira Fortes Aguas, Valéria Lucia Pero, Eduardo Pontual Ribeiro
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2014-09-01
Series:Economia Aplicada
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-80502014000300001&lng=en&tlng=en