What Do We (Not) Know About Trade Liberalization and the Labor Market in Brazil?

Soares, Sergei S.; Mendes Santos Servo, Luciana; Arbache, Jorge

doi:10.2139/ssrn.309542

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What Do We (Not) Know About Trade Liberalization and the Labor Market in Brazil?

Sergei S. Soares

Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA) - Directory of Social Policy and Studies

Luciana Mendes Santos Servo

Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA)

BNDES - Brazilian Development Bank; University of Brasilia - Department of Economics

November 2001

IPEA Working Paper No. 843

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This paper reviews the debate about the impacts of commercial liberalization on labor markets in Brazil. It briefly presents the main theoretical issues involved in the debate, identifies the main facts observed in the 1990/99 period, raises what we consider to be the main questions and the answers given by the literature and finally suggests future directions of research.

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Date posted: May 23, 2002

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Soares, Sergei S., Mendes Santos Servo, Luciana and Arbache, Jorge, What Do We (Not) Know About Trade Liberalization and the Labor Market in Brazil? (November 2001). IPEA Working Paper No. 843. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=309542 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.309542

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Sergei S. Soares (Contact Author) Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA) - Directory of Social Policy and Studies ( email ) Av. Presidente Antonio Carlos 51 Rio de Janeiro RJ 20020-010 Brazil
Luciana Mendes Santos Servo Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA) ( email ) Av. Pres. Antonio Carlos , 51 - 17 andar Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 20020-010 Brazil
Jorge Arbache BNDES - Brazilian Development Bank ( email ) Setor Bancário Sul - Conj. 1 - Bloco J - 12 andar Brasília DF, 70076900 Brazil
University of Brasilia - Department of Economics ( email ) Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro Asa Norte Brasília, Distrito Federal 70910-900 Brazil

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What Do We (Not) Know About Trade Liberalization and the Labor Market in Brazil?

Sergei S. Soares

Luciana Mendes Santos Servo

Jorge Arbache

Date posted: May 23, 2002

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Sergei S. Soares (Contact Author)

Luciana Mendes Santos Servo

Jorge Arbache