Salários relativos, estrutura da força de trabalho e distribuição

Abstract

In this paper -we lay out a simple model of the labor market which explicitly distinguishes between the short and the long run and use it to explore the effect of changes in the level or growth rate of aggregate demand, changes in shill intensity, and changes in the educational system. We have shown that changes in aggregate demand should affect only the structure of the labor force, not the structure of wages; changes in the growth rate of income affect both the structure of the labor force and wages. On the supply side the model shows that any change which increases the flow supply of labor is progressive because it narrows the long run equilibrium wage differential. We also show that its use gives quite different results than the standard measures in Brazil.