Labor Lawsuits as a Discrimination Tool in the Labor Market

• Grant number: 24/03906-5
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: October 01, 2024
• End date: September 30, 2025
• Field of knowledge: Applied Social Sciences - Economics
• Principal Investigator: Danilo Paula de Souza
• Grantee: Tuffy Licciardi Issa
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Economia, Administração, Contabilidade e Atuária (FEA). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This project aims to analyze a specific dimension of discrimination in the Brazilian labor market, in which workers who filed lawsuits against their former employers are blacklisted by firms. By doing so, we study the potential existence of an employment bias against workers who take legal action against the firm's decisions and attitudes. To study this phenomenon, we will use two different databases: (i) the Relação Anual de Informações Sociais (RAIS), which contains data on all formal labor contracts in the country, and (ii) data on labor cases of the Regional Labor Court of the 2nd Region.