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Female industrial employment and the Brazilian economic crisis

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  • Helena Hirata
  • John Humphrey

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Female industrial employment grew rapidly in the nineteen seventies, but the sexualdivision of labour remained very strong. This raises the possibility of women’s employmentnot being disproportionately reduced as a result of the economic crisis in the nineteeneighties. A study of a large electrical factory in São Paulo revealed that management hadclearly discriminatory criteria for selection of workers to be dismissed, but in the absence ofa change in the sexual division of labour, the reduction of women ‘s share of employment inthe factory was merely short-term and cyclical. However, the labour force was restructuredin other ways during the initial crisis period, in 1981. JEL Classification: J71; J21; J20.

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  • Helena Hirata & John Humphrey, 1984. "Female industrial employment and the Brazilian economic crisis," Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, Center of Political Economy, vol. 4(4), pages 400-418.
    • Handle: RePEc:ekm:repojs:v:4:y:1984:i:4:p:400-418:id:1906
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    Keywords

    São Paulo; gender inequality; sexism; sexual division of labor;
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    JEL classification:

    • J71 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination - - - Hiring and Firing
    • J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
    • J20 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - General

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