Os efeitos de diferentes estratégias de vida sobre o status socioeconômico ocupacional e o rendimento

Abstract

This research aims at analyzing the effects of different strategies of life - study, study and work and work – on occupational socioeconomic status and regarding income of individuals in the Brazil labor market. We present two central questions: a) to which extent life strategies determine occupational socioeconomic status and income? b) which of these three life strategies is more advantageous, considering the socioeconomic occupational status and income of individuals? The database used is the National Research by Household Sample (PNAD) of 2011 and it is analyzed through two Heckman regression models, one for occupational socioeconomic status and one for income. The results show that for occupational socioeconomic status, the strategy study provides greater advantages to individuals, ensuring the occupation of positions of higher social prestige. On the other hand, it is the strategy work that produces the greatest disadvantages to individuals, placing them worst occupational socioeconomic status ISEI scale. In relation to the income of individuals, strategies to study and study and work do not have distinct effects. However, the strategy work has disadvantages as compared to study strategy. Thus, the conclusion of this research points that the three strategies impact and determine in different ways both occupational socioeconomic status and income of individuals and that the strategy work that provides greater disadvantage to the individual in the labor market. Moreover, we found that, compared to the strategy study and work and study, strategy study provides better occupational socioeconomic positions, but has no significant effect on the achievement of better wages.