OS IMPACTOS DO PLANO ESTADUAL DE QUALIFICAÇÃO PROFISSIONAL EM PERNAMBUCO

Abstract

This paper evaluates the imapct of the State Training Program in Pernambuco, Brazil. It starts presenting na overview of the Brazilian employment policy to indicate where this Program fits. Then it uses a representative agent model to discuss the way this Program can affect the income of the workers trainned and their probality to get a job. Then it uses data from survey with 392 workers to test some hypotesis on the impact on the income of the Program. It concludes that the Program had a positive impcat on the income of the workers trainned and also changed their probability to get a placement in the labour market.