Institutions, Informality, and Wage Flexibility : Evidence From Brazil /

Even though institutions are created to protect workers, they may interfere with labor market functioning, raise unemployment, and end up being circumvented by informal contracts. This paper uses Brazilian microeconomic data to show that the institutional changes introduced by the 1988 Constitution...

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Main Author: de Carvalho Filho, Irineu
Other Authors: Estevao, Marcello
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2012.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2012/084
Online Access:Full text available on IMF