Mercado de trabalho, gênero e políticas públicas: um estudo de caso na Paraíba no período 2012/2021

Abstract

This work has as focus to smooth the labor market in Paraíba from the gender perspective between the years 2012 and 2021 and discuss the actions of the main state public policies aimed at the insertion of female work in productive activities in the state during the proposed period. The theoretical support for the development of the study takes as reference the specialized literature on informality, the gender perspective in the labor market and the analytical debate around public policies. The methodology is descriptive and exploratory and is based on the analysis of official indicators on the labor market of Paraíba, according to its composition by gender. On the other hand, it is based on quantitative research regarding state public policies aimed at female occupation. As main results of the research, we found that the presence of women in work activities was lower than themale contingent in all years analyzed, even womenhave nofthe level of higher schooling compared to men. About unemployment, we observed that the unemployment and underutilization of the female workforce supplanted the male workforce and, in relation to average incomes, there was an asymmetry in favor of women. As for state public policies focused on the insertion of women in the labor market in Paraíba, it was found that the most positive advances in the creation of job and income opportunities were the actions of the EmpreenderPB Program and PROCASE, which stimulated the occupation women in the urban environment and the formation of associations of rural producers and artisans in rural areas in the state.