Mensurando os impactos da abertura econômica sobre o nível de emprego: a contabilidade do crescimento no Brasil entre 1985 e 2000

Abstract

In this paper we attempt to analyze the effects of the economic opening observed in Brazil in the early 1990's, on the employment level, compared to the current environment in the 1980's, aiming to test empirically the principles ofthe Theory of Heckscher-Ohlin, as well as to verify if the results would be compatible with other theories. The study embraced all the 42 economy sectors of activity segregated by factor endowment and labor qualification levels. In sectoral terms, the results demonstrate that trading and labor productivity affected the employment in different ways.