The informal labour market in Brazil : job queue, trade liberalisation and minimum wage

The main concern of this thesis is to investigate several aspects of the informal sector in Brazil. First, it aims to establish and analyze in depth some stylized facts such as the increase in the size of the informal sector during the 1980's and the 1990's and the fall in the wage gap bet...

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Main Author: Soares, Fabio Veras
Published: University College London (University of London) 2005
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.419926