Recession and professional & business services employment in the US: no safe haven
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Este estudo analisa os padrões de emprego no sector dos serviços de apoio a empresas (PBS) entre as áreas metropolitanas dos EUA, durante a recente recessão. Ao contrário do que seria expectável, o sector PBS não inflacionou as taxas de desemprego, no decurso do ciclo de negócios. Entre 2007 e 2009, a taxa de desemprego no sector PBS foi maior do que a taxa global de desemprego, na grande maioria das áreas metropolitanas, embora o seu comportamento não tenha sido uniforme, em todos os locais. Além disso, a componente de serviços profissionais do sector PBS registou uma menor taxa de desemprego, comparativamente ao número total de empregos perdidos, bem como, ao longo deste período, varias áreas metropolitanas, de grande dimensão, ganharam novos postos de trabalho. Em contrapartida, os serviços administrativos do sector PBS registaram uma diminuição de emprego que excedeu largamente a taxa de desemprego global, facto que se verificou em todas as áreas metropolitanas. As características específicas das regiões, ao contrário de factores sectoriais ou nacionais, parecem ter um papel importante na evolução do emprego PBS, embora o nível relativo de serviços profissionais, versus serviços administrativos, também seja importante.
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