The Brazilian agribusiness labor market: measurement, characterization and analysis of income differentials

Although the Brazilian agribusiness sector’s relevance to the country has been widely recognized nowadays, to date, no study has been developed to evaluate the level of employment in this sector as a whole for Brazil. Therefore, the first objective of this study is to access the Brazilian agribusine...

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Veröffentlicht in:Revista de Economia e Sociologia Rural 2020-01, Vol.58 (1), p.e192298
Hauptverfasser: Castro, Nicole Rennó, Barros, Geraldo Sant’Ana de Camargo, Almeida, Alexandre Nunes, Gilio, Leandro, Morais, Ana Carolina de Paula
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Zusammenfassung:Although the Brazilian agribusiness sector’s relevance to the country has been widely recognized nowadays, to date, no study has been developed to evaluate the level of employment in this sector as a whole for Brazil. Therefore, the first objective of this study is to access the Brazilian agribusiness labor market, and to measure it, analyze its structure and characterize its workers. Agribusiness worker income differentials were also contrasted with income differentials in the aggregated non-agribusiness labor force. The main results from the study are as follows: a) in 2017, 18.2 million individuals, 20.1% of the country’s labor force, worked in the Brazilian agribusiness sector; b) agribusiness workers were predominately unskilled or semi-skilled with a low level of schooling; c) a large proportion of the sector’s labor force were not formally employed; and d) the average income of agribusiness employees was lower than that of individuals in other economic sectors. There is also extreme labor market heterogeneity among agribusiness sector segments – with the primary segment presenting a noticeably dissimilar profile – and a significant income differential associated with different labor market statuses, economic sub-sectors and locations, and with individual characteristics such as level of schooling, skin tone and gender. Resumo: Embora a relevância do agronegócio brasileiro seja atualmente amplamente reconhecida, ainda não existe um estudo que avalie o nível de emprego deste setor como um todo para o Brasil. O objetivo principal desse estudo é analisar o mercado de trabalho do agronegócio brasileiro, realizando a sua mensuração, analisando sua estrutura e caracterizando seus trabalhadores. Também foram avaliados os diferenciais de rendimentos no agronegócio, confrontando-os com os diferenciais no setor agregado não agronegócio. Como principais resultados, verificam-se: a) 18,2 milhões de pessoas, 20,1% da força de trabalho do País, trabalharam no agronegócio brasileiro em 2017; b) os trabalhadores do agronegócio são predominantemente não qualificados com pouca educação formal; c) há participação relevante da mão de obra informal entre os trabalhadores do setor; e d) o rendimento médio dos trabalhadores do agronegócio foi inferior ao dos indivíduos em outros setores econômicos. Existe também elevada heterogeneidade do mercado de trabalho entre os segmentos do agronegócio – com o primário apresentando um perfil destoante – e um diferencial de rendimento
ISSN:0103-2003
1806-9479
1806-9479
DOI:10.1590/1806-9479.2020.192298