Abstract

In the 1990’s, the end of the growth of the employment has been featured of
several forms by the inquiries on employment and unemployment in the Brazilian metropolitan
areas. While the Pesquisa Mensal de Emprego (PME-IBGE) presents a low level
of unemployment, the Pesquisa de Emprego e Desemprego (PED-Seade/Dieese) shows the
manifestation more intense of the phenomenon. The indicators produced by these inquiries
have supported different diagnostics on the problem of employment in the nation. This paper
analyzes as the indicators produced by these inquires support the specifics diagnostics on
the problems of employment and as they subsidize different proposals of employment policy.

JEL Classification: J60; E24.