Dynamics of the polarization of family labor supply in urban Brazil

• Autor(a) principal: Brito, Danyella Juliana Martins de
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Oliveira, Ana Maria Hermeto Camilo de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Nova Economia (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://revistas.face.ufmg.br/index.php/novaeconomia/article/view/5741

Abstract This article explores different dimensions of the family labor supply in Brazil in relation to changes in family arrangements in recent decades. Specifically, the dynamics of the polarization of family labor supply between 1993 and 2015 in urban Brazil is investigated using microdata from the National Household Sample Survey (PNAD). The risk factors associated with the highest individual probability of living in a jobless family are estimated based on multinomial logistic regressions, for the odds of being in a family where: no adult works, or all adults work, or only a fraction of them works. The results show that the composition of families is determinant in the complexity of jobless families, with child and elderly dependence ratios on families being directly related to the increasing risks of being in a family without work over the period, especially for women.   Keywords: labor supply, family structures, polarization, Brazil. JEL Codes: J20; J12; C35.