Skills and employment transitions in Brazil

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Main Authors: Willian Adamczyk (Author), Philipp Ehrl (Author), Leonardo Monasterio (Author)
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Published: International Labour Organization 2022
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author Willian Adamczyk (Author)
Philipp Ehrl (Author)
Leonardo Monasterio (Author)
author_facet Willian Adamczyk (Author)
Philipp Ehrl (Author)
Leonardo Monasterio (Author)
Willian Adamczyk (Author)
Philipp Ehrl (Author)
Leonardo Monasterio (Author)
contents Skills and employment transitions in Brazil Willian Adamczyk (Author) Philipp Ehrl (Author) Leonardo Monasterio (Author) This paper analyses employment transitions and workers’ skills in Brazil using a random sample from the universe of formal labour contracts covering the period from 2003 to 2018. We develop a novel procedure to derive a measure of occupational distance and internationally comparable skill measures from occupations’ task descriptions in the country under analysis based on machine learning and natural language processing methods, but without usual ad hoc classifications. Our findings confirm that workers who use non-routine cognitive skills intensively experience the highest employment growth rates and wages. Their labour market exit risk is relatively low, occupational and sectoral changes are least common and, in the case of occupational switching, non-routine cognitive workers tend to find occupations that are higher-paid and closer in terms of their task content. Against the same characteristics, routine and non-routine manual workers are worse off in the labour market. Overall, there have been signs of routine-biased technological change and employment polarization since the 2014 Brazilian economic crisis. ILO working paper, 65, ILO 10.54394/ZWJU1062 DOI https://doi.org/10.54394/ZWJU1062; ISBN 9789220371664 publication.encyclopediaEntry
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spellingShingle Skills and employment transitions in Brazil
Willian Adamczyk (Author)
Philipp Ehrl (Author)
Leonardo Monasterio (Author)
Skills and employment transitions in Brazil Willian Adamczyk (Author) Philipp Ehrl (Author) Leonardo Monasterio (Author) This paper analyses employment transitions and workers’ skills in Brazil using a random sample from the universe of formal labour contracts covering the period from 2003 to 2018. We develop a novel procedure to derive a measure of occupational distance and internationally comparable skill measures from occupations’ task descriptions in the country under analysis based on machine learning and natural language processing methods, but without usual ad hoc classifications. Our findings confirm that workers who use non-routine cognitive skills intensively experience the highest employment growth rates and wages. Their labour market exit risk is relatively low, occupational and sectoral changes are least common and, in the case of occupational switching, non-routine cognitive workers tend to find occupations that are higher-paid and closer in terms of their task content. Against the same characteristics, routine and non-routine manual workers are worse off in the labour market. Overall, there have been signs of routine-biased technological change and employment polarization since the 2014 Brazilian economic crisis. ILO working paper, 65, ILO 10.54394/ZWJU1062 DOI https://doi.org/10.54394/ZWJU1062; ISBN 9789220371664 publication.encyclopediaEntry
title Skills and employment transitions in Brazil
url https://researchrepository.ilo.org/esploro/outputs/encyclopediaEntry/Skills-and-employment-transitions-in-Brazil/995218622302676