Using RAIS matched employer–employee data + a unique dataset of 69k Bolsonaro supporters + a survey experiments on full-time private sector workers, I show that:
🔹 “Low-road” firm conditions (lower pay to comparable skills and occupations, no benefits, rigid schedules, lower autonomy) make otherwise similar workers more likely to endorse anti-system behaviors.
Si pudiera definir lo que quiero que sea mi carrera académica diría básicamente: demostrar que las ciencias sociales no tienen la más remota idea de cómo es un obrero (ni de cómo es un empresario). Es el blind spot del 99% de la disciplina.
🔹 Workers who supported Bolsonaro experienced real relative decline: falling pay and shrinking occupational premia compared to peers just like them.
🔹 Anti-system attitudes track job quality: low autonomy, unfair treatment, and blocked mobility inside firms predict democratic frustration.