Mobilidade pendular e autossuficiência econômica na Periferia Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte/MG

Abstract

Despite the decline in the rate of population growth observed in the last decades of the last century, the metropolitan peripheries in Brazil continue to attract significant population flows. The purpose of this article is to evaluate the supposed gain of economic self-sufficiency of the municipalities of the Metropolitan Periphery of Belo Horizonte, based on the commuting displacements. Based on the sample micro data of the Demographic Census of 1991, 2000 and 2010 it was possible to identify a significant growth in the volume of work and students in the metropolitan periphery itself, even though Belo Horizonte maintained its regional centrality. Even though a good part of this workforce is linked to sectors with a lower level of occupational qualification, it seems that the local labor market has increased its power of attraction and retention, allowing part of the population to be employed in the same municipality of residence.