A relação entre supervisores e supervisionados para as micro e pequenas empresas do Brasil: uma análise pelo método de propensity score

Abstract

Micro and small businesses account for a significant share of jobs and income in most world economies. An important issue in the management of human resources within the company focuses on the trade-off between the number of hired supervisors, in other words, the intensity of supervision, and the wages of employees. The aim of this study is to test and identify the trade-off effect between supervision and wages for micro and small enterprises in Brazil. The microdata identified in the Relação Anual de Informações Sociais – RAIS (Annual Social Information Report) will be used for 2018. Empirical analysis is based on the propensity score matching method. Since the treatment can be measured by continuous variable, the generalized propensity score method will be applied in addition to robustness testing. The results confirm the efficiency wage theory and indicate that the presence of the supervisor reduces the wages of workers on average 4.85% in the services sector, 3.8% in the commerce sector, 0.35% in the industrial sector and 4.95% in the agricultural sector.