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Table 6 Inspection intensity, by average plant and city size

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

Panel A: establishment size (average number of employees)

Size class

1 to 4

5 to 9

10 to 19

20 to 49

50+

Inspection frequency

0.05

0.11

0.19

0.32

0.20

Panel B: city size (number of establishments)

City size

Large

Medium

Small

Inspection frequency

0.22

0.10

0.11

  1. Source: Authors’ calculations using RAIS and SFIT 1996–2006
  2. Note: Inspection Frequency is measured at the city-level by the number of visits divided by average number of establishments in the city. Establishment size is defined as the number of employees divided by the average number of establishments. Large, medium and small cities have more than 1000 establishments, between 100 and 1000 establishments, and less than 100 establishments
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