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Table 1 Country means for labor inspection variables, 1996–2000 and 2001–2006

From: Enforcement of labor regulations and job flows: evidence from Brazilian cities

Year

Rate of formalization following inspections (%)

Number of inspected plants by labor inspector

Size of inspected plants

Plants with labor fines (%)

Fines per plant

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Av. 1996–2000

1.8

141.4

50

18.3

1.6

Av. 2001–2006

2.6

118.0

74

18.9

1.7

  1. Source: Authors’ calculations using RAIS, Ipeadata, and Ministry of Labor-SFIT administrative data on inspections (1996–2006)
  2. Note: Sample size includes 5654 cities and 32,553 obs across the two periods 1996–2000 and 2001–2006. In column (1), rate of formalization following inspections implies that on average 1.8 of the employees being formalized after inspection. In column (2), the number of inspected firms by inspector in the period. In column (3), the number of employees in inspected firms. In column (4), the percent of firms that received a fine. In column (5), the number of times a firm was fined
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