Os efeitos da crise económica na situação laboral dos imigrantes: o caso dos brasileiros em Portugal

Abstract

Resumo. Após um período de crescimento económico que potenciou o aumento dos fluxos migratórios para Portugal, o país entrou, após 2008, numa forte crise económica com impactos muito negativos no emprego e em sectores que empregavam um grande número de imigrantes como a construção civil. Pela incorporação diferenciada dos imigrantes nos vários segmentos do mercado de trabalho é importante analisar em profundidade a extensão e a abrangência destes efeitos, designadamente tendo em conta a origem geográfica dos imigrantes. Os brasileiros constituem o maior contingente estrangeiro em Portugal desde meados dos anos 2000 e é sobre os efeitos da crise nestes imigrantes que queremos centrar-nos neste artigo. Abordamos duas questões principais: o impacto da crise nos fluxos Portugal-Brasil e o impacto na situação laboral dos que se encontravam em Portugal entre 2012-2015. Paralelamente, procuramos também averiguar os níveis de satisfação com a experiência migratória em Portugal.Palavras-chave: migração brasileira, Portugal, crise económica, situação laboral, qualidade de vida. Abstract. After a period of economic growth that spurred the increase of migratory flows to Portugal, after 2008, the country went into a deep economic crisis with very negative impacts on employment and on sectors employing a large number of immigrants like civil construction. Due to the differentiated integration of immigrants in the several

Satisfaction in Retirement: A Comparison Between Brazil and Portugal

“…Although the difference between living standards in Brazil and Portugal has already been reported in studies that look at the population in general (Pnud, 2019;Oliveira et al, 2017;Pereira & Esteves, 2017), the results of this study are of great use, considering changes to the social security system in both countries that include raising the retirement age, as well as the discussion about the factors that make up satisfaction in retirement. Because retirement is a special time of life, with its own set of motivations, needs, preferences and experiences, it is crucial that settings provide decent living conditions and opportunities to foster well-being (Santos et al, 2018).…”

“…Data from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, 2017) indicate that the average earnings of Portuguese workers are more than twice the earnings of Brazilian workers, whether formally or informally employed, in various sectors. These differences can be confirmed by the increase in the migratory flow of Brazilians to Portugal, especially after the economic crisis of 2008, which had negative impacts on employment (Pereira & Esteves, 2017) migrants seeking better living conditions, especially in health care (Oliveira et al, 2017;SEF, 2017). The results of this research allow us to advance the study of well-being in retirement with regard to the similarities and differences in perception of satisfaction among retirees in different contexts.…”

Postcolonial social drama: The case of Brazilian dentists in Portugal

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Análise de Variáveis Prescritoras da Intenção Empreendedora de Imigrantes Brasileiros em Portugal

“…Although Portugal is an important destination for Brazilians and there is recent academic production present in the main repositories of national articles (CAPES, Scielo Brasil, among others), there are many articles that treat the topic superficially (for example, Ferreira, 2017;Guedes & Marques, 2008;Iorio & Nogueira, 2019;Oro, 2017;Pereira & Esteves, 2017;Roberto & Moleiro, 2015;Saturnino, 2015;Vala, Brito, & Lopes, 2015), especially with aspects relative to entrepreneurship of Brazilian immigrants in Portugal.…”

“…In recent academic literature, several other studies of Brazilians in Portugal are reported. The themes vary, ranging from the international mobility of students and young people to Portugal (Fonseca, Esteves, & Iorio, 2015;Fonseca, Pereira, & Iorio, 2016;Iorio & Nogueira, 2019;Togni, 2015), the effects of the crisis and labor issues of Brazilian immigrants in Portugal (Pereira & Esteves, 2017), the adaptation of Brazilian expatriates in the country and the resilience processes of immigrants (Ferreira, 2017;Roberto & Moleiro, 2015). Brazilian immigration to Portugal can generate an imaginary of both the Portuguese about Brazilians and the reverse (Lisboa, 2016); however, we know that there are many expressions of racism in Portugal (Vala et al, 2015).…”