Precarização do trabalho: avaliando a deterioração do mercado de trabalho na Região Metropolitana de Porto Alegre

Precarization of work: evaluating the labour market precarization in the metropolitan area of Porto Alegre

Authors: Míriam De Toni
Keywords:: Mercado de trabalho - Aspectos econômicos, Emprego
Abstract: In Brazil, the precarization of the labour market conditions has been pointed out as one of the main problems related to the process of productive restructuring, which occurred more intensively from the early nineties onwards. In this context, the objective of this article is to analyze the prevailing direction in the evolution of the main indicators of the labour market, under the hypothesis that there has been an increase in the level of precariousness of the labour relations during the period 1992–04. In order to analyze this subject we use a synthetic statistical measure — an index of precarization — which encompasses multiple dimensions of labour conditions, using data from a monthly survey at the Metropolitan Region of Porto Alegre (PED-RMPA). The main outcomes indicated a rise in the level of precariousness in the labour market, which has been expressed in the rise of unemployment rates, job instability and insecure forms of work as well as in the lack or absence of social protection.
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Issue: Vol. 28 (2008)
Section: Artigos
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