Marina Silva Da Cunha
Labor market dynamics and wage inequality Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics Labor Law and Work Dynamics Income, Poverty, and Inequality Gender, Education, and Development Issues Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies Higher Education in Latin America Employment, Labor, and Gender Studies Political Science Research and Education Sociology and Education in Brazil Labour Market and Migration Labor and Demographic Economics Demography Economics and Econometrics Education Gender Studies General Economics, Econometrics and Finance Political Science and International Relations Safety Research Sociology and Political Science

Bio

Marina Silva da Cunha is a Professor at the Graduate Studies Program in Economic and the Department of Economic at Universidade Estadual de Maringá, and a CNPq researcher in Brazil.

Experience

Universidade Estadual de Maringá

0 - Present • Graduate Studies Program in Economic and the Department of Economic

Universidade de São Paulo

0 - Present

Research

Occupational Polarization on Brazilian Labor Market, 1985-2015

Global Journal of Human Social Sciences September 9, 2023

The objective of this paper is to analyze employment and wages in occupational structure of Brazilian labor market, considering the gender gap as well. The analysis is based on information from 1985 to 2015 and estimates from income equations. Results showed that occupational polarization was more evident for women during the three analyzed decades as these women broadened their participation on labor market regarding occupations that were more abstract and manual, non-routine, as professionals and technicians, in the first group, and domestic services, in the second group. On the other hand, men suffered deep transformations in occupational structure regarding manual and routine activities, from agricultural activities to production and operational ones. It was verified a reduction in inequality in wage distribution with the increase of average wages, although occupations that broadened the demand for labor had relative increase in wages, which suggests polarization in women’s payment.