Women Participation in the Agribusiness Labour Market: A Comparative Study of the Agroindustries Sadia and Perdigão

Organizações Rurais e Agroindustriais, 2008

12 Pages Posted: 5 Jan 2009 Last revised: 19 Jul 2009

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Antonio Nunes Pereira

University of Sao Paulo - Faculdade de Direito; Universidade Municipal de São Caetano do Sul (USCS); Fucape Business School

Vandresa Lucia Machado

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Ana Alice Vilas Boas

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Date Written: January 4, 2009

Abstract

The study presents a comparison of the disclosure practices, in the social balance, of the social indicators of female workforce participation in the agro-industries Sadia and Perdigo. The analysis of labor indicators can produce relevant information for investors and society in general regarding the protection and the stimulation of female labor. A study of these indicators can also be an important step in understanding the diversity practices of Sadia and Perdigo which, due to their size and social and economic contributions, are natural candidates for becoming benchmarks in the agribusiness sector. The study uses the database of the Brazilian Institute of Social and Economic Analysis, specialized literature, information from the social balance of both industries and data from the Monthly Labor Research of the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, covering the period from 2002 until 2006. Despite the growth of female participation, a balance between male and female labor, especially in management positions, has not yet been reached.

Keywords: women labor market, agribusiness, social balance

JEL Classification: J16

Suggested Citation

Pereira, Antonio Nunes and Machado, Vandresa Lucia and Vilas Boas, Ana Alice, Women Participation in the Agribusiness Labour Market: A Comparative Study of the Agroindustries Sadia and Perdigão (January 4, 2009). Organizações Rurais e Agroindustriais, 2008, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1323048

Antonio Nunes Pereira (Contact Author)

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Vandresa Lucia Machado

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Ana Alice Vilas Boas

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