From 2003 to 2008, unemployed population fell by 29.4%
- Brazil
- 01/23/2009
In the same period, the monthly average of the employed population increased by 16.1% and the total number of women working increased by 20.6%. On the average, black and brown workers earned approximately half of the income of whites. The proportion of workers with a formal contract increased from 49%, in 2003, to 53.4%, in 2008. Since 2003, the annual average income of workers increased by 11.3%.
The transformations which have been occurring in the labor market in the last years continued in 2008. The monthly average (from January to December) employed persons in the six Metropolitan Areas surveyed increased by 3.8% compared to 2007 and 16.1% in relation to 2003. The highest increase was recorded in the Metropolitan Area of Belo Horizonte (24.8%) and the lowest increase in Recife (7.5%).
