Abstract

ZULLO, Gustavo. Underemployment in Historical Perspective and the Brazilian Occupational Structure between 1980 and 2010. Am. Lat. Hist. Econ [online]. 2019, vol.26, n.3, e979.  Epub Sep 06, 2019. ISSN 2007-3496.  https://doi.org/10.18232/alhe.979.

This paper proposes a theoretical and historical examination of the weaknesses that cross the Brazilian occupational structure from the concept of underemployment developed by Rodríguez (1985). In order to highlight the links between agricultural and non-agricultural activities, we observed a marked deterioration of the labour market between 1980 and 2010. This period is, on the one hand, characterized by deindustrialization and, on the other hand, by regressive specialization that has in the constant expansion of agricultural frontier one of its main characteristics.

Keywords : History; underdevelopment; occupational structure; underemployment.

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