Nearly two-thirds of Brazilians use beaks to close their accounts – Época NEGOCIOS

The majority of Brazilians used informal jobs in the first half of this year to survive because of the slow recovery of the economy and employment. [Photo: Thinkstock] Between January and June, 64.4% of workers did tips for balancing their finances, which is a much larger share than at the same time in 2017, while 57.4% worked after extra work, according to a study. SPC Brasil) and the National Confederation of Traders have made great efforts to close the accounts of the month, including in low income clbades.

In this case, the survey reveals that 70% of the poorest population went in search of informal and casual jobs to finance the national budget. "The beak is more common in low-income clbades because these families have no room for maneuver and are already struggling," says SPC Brasil's chief economist, Marcela Kawauti. If a person in the household becomes unemployed, this loss of income affects other family members who can not adjust the standard of living downward because they are at the limit.

The increase in the share of informal income in the national budget has been going on for some time. A survey of consulting firm Kantar Worldpanel, which visits 11,300 households in the country to take a picture of consumption, shows that between 2014, before the crisis, and 2017, the share of informal income in total income of households increased from 15.3% to 16.6%. In low-income clbades, the share of total income was much higher, rising from 20% to 24% over the same period. "The share of wages in domestic income decreased during the crisis" said the director of the consultancy, Maria Andrea Ferreira Murat

The difficulty of the resumption of employment appears in two indicators. According to IBGE, there were 13.2 million unemployed in the country during the quarter ended in May. This is virtually stable compared to the previous quarter. For Marcela, the increase in beak dependence is the symptom that the population does not feel the slight improvement in the economy. Technically, the country came out of recession in 2017.

Research shows that 77% of respondents do not see any improvement in the economy. And half say that conditions have worsened. The survey was conducted the last week of June. He heard 886 people living in all Brazilian capitals, 18 years old or older, of both bades and from all walks of life. The margin of error is 3.3 percentage points for a 95% confidence interval.