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Today, GRID gets bigger and better.
grid-database.org/
Decades of GRID data are now interactive.
Our coverage has grown by 14 countries, our research has expanded, and the website has been completely redesigned.
This is our biggest update yet. Here's the overview. 🧵
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O Brasil vem se formalizando, mas a informalidade anda é alta na base da distribuição salarial. Isso nas cidades grandes.
O *mesmo trabalhador* na informalidade ganha 11% a menos que no setor formal.
Excelente trabalho da equipe e do @GRIDdatabase!
Link: grid-database.org/research-p…
With elections in Brazil over, let’s take some time to learn about its income distribution. 🇧🇷
A thread on GRID research by @NiklasEngbom , @GMGonzaga2 , @economoser and @betaolivieri 🧵
On its own, the shift to formal jobs accounts for about half the fall in earnings volatility since 2002.
So informal work can cushion the loss of a formal job, but only partly. It is an imperfect insurance mechanism. Read more at grid-database.org/research-p…
Only about half of Colombian workers are formal in any given month. But follow Colombians over time and formality looks… fragile. Few workers are persistently formal and even fewer hold a formal job for an entire year.
New research by @LeoMoralesZur, @socampdi & @Brenda_Sama👇
These results are possible because of admin panel data that broaden our view relative to cross-sectional statistics of the labor market. Following workers over time reveals patterns of formal attachment that shape the distribution and volatility of earnings in Colombia.
Read more at grid-database.org/research-p…
