Umberto Antonio Sesso Filho

Decomposição estrutural da variação do emprego no Brasil, 1991-2003

The aim of this article was to analyze the variation of employment in the Brazilian economy in the period between 1991 and 2003 through the decomposition of structural change in employment intensity effect, technology effect, structure of final demand effect and change in final demand effect. It was also estimated the rates of structural change in employment, production and value added. The results showed the displacement of jobs in industrial and agricultural sectors for trade and services with increase in the total number of people employed in 7.30 million, with the effects of varying intensity and showed that the final demand the highest values.

Decomposição estrutural da variação do emprego nos setores industriais no brasil entre os anos de 2000 e 2009

The aim of this article is to analyze the employment variation in manufacturing industries between years 2000-2009 in Brazil. It employs an input-output methodology, by means of employment structural decomposition into intensity, technology, demand, growth and total effects. The main results showed that in the period Brazilian manufacturing sectors added up 4.38 million jobs, which represented 25% of total jobs created in the country. Among the studied effects, growth and intensity shall be highlighted as the main responsible outcomes. Considering total impacts, the industries that showed greater relative increase in jobs where: food and beverage, clothes and construction. The results lead to the conclusion that, in the studied period, manufacturing in Brazil showed an increase in employment rates, with technology, despite not being the lone factor, having produced a positive impact in job creation.