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THE INTERSECTIONAL EFFECT OF GENDER AND RACE ON OCCUPATIONAL MOBILITY OF MIGRANTS AND NON-MIGRANTS FROM NORTHEAST BRAZIL

Francisco Rodrigues, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
Luana Myrrha, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
Járvis Campos, UFRN

The Northeast region, for decades, lost considerable population contingents to the other Brazilian regions, mainly due to droughts and its low level of economic development. When the population emigrates in search of better living conditions, the success of this movement depends on the characteristics of the job market in the destination region. In the Brazilian labor market, there are still significant gender and race inequalities in access to job opportunities, formalization and remuneration, which generally penalizes the occupational mobility of women and black people. Therefore, the intersection of gender and race can make this mobility even more difficult. The aim of this study is to analyze the effect of the intersectionality of gender and race on the occupational mobility of emigrants and non-migrants from the Northeast region (Brazil), in order to verify whether this effect differs due to the condition of migration. Through the logistical models and data from the National Household Sample Survey (PNAD), from Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), it can be seen that the chances of upward mobility are lower for women, regardless of the condition of migration and race, with different intensities. Among emigrants, white women were the least likely to have upward mobility and, among non-migrants, black women.

Keywords: Gender, Migrant populations, Internal migration

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  Presented in Session P8.