Men X Women: Substitute or Complementary in Labor Market?
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This paper uses the Allen-Uzawa partial factor of substitutability to classify men and women as substitutes or complementary in labor market. In addition, a regression was estimated to corroborate the initial results. The findings indicate that men and women are complementary in Brazilian formal labor market.
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