publication . Article . Research . 2008

Globalization and Formal Sector Migration in Brazil

Name: Globalization and Formal-Sector Migration in Brazil
Keywords: Geography, Planning and Development, Economics and Econometrics, Development, Sociology and Political Science, R23, O15, J61, Binnenwanderung, Globalisierung, Brasilien

Marc-Andreas Muendler; Jennifer P. Poole; Ernesto Aguayo-Téllez;

Open Access

Published: 01 Jan 2008 Journal: World Development, volume 38, pages 840-856 (issn: 0305-750X,

Publisher: Elsevier BV

Summary

Abstract

Summary Comprehensive linked employer-employee data allow us to study the relationship between domestic formal sector migration in Brazil and globalization. Considerable worker flows in the formal labor market during 1997-2001 are directed toward lower income regions--the reverse flows of those often posited for informal labor markets. Estimation of the worker's multi-choice migration problem shows that previously unobserved employer covariates are significant predictors associated with migration flows. These results support the idea that globalization acts on internal migration through job stability at exporting establishments and employment opportunities at lo...

doi: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2010.02.018

handle: 10419/63579

Subjects

free text keywords: Geography, Planning and Development, Economics and Econometrics, Development, Sociology and Political Science, R23, O15, J61, Binnenwanderung, Globalisierung, Brasilien, Multinational corporation, Commercial policy, Lower income, Destinations, Globalization, Labour economics, Economics, Internal migration, ddc:330

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