Evidence on the internal labor market during a process of rapid economic growth |
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Authors: | Samuel A Morley Milton Barbosa Maria Christina C de Souza |
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Institution: | Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235, USA;Center for Human Resources, Ministry of Planning, Brazil |
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Abstract: | We examine the nature and extent of labor market segmentation in Brazil through a survey of 82 modern sector firms in São Paulo. Hiring, training and promotion patterns are found to differ significantly between occupations and a key to understanding these patterns is the nature of skill acquisition, particularly ‘learning on the job’. Furthermore the presence of skill- specificity and internal labor markets for supervisory personnel provide a possible explanation for why relative wages have widened during Brazil's period of rapid economic growth. |
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