Cássio da Silva Calvete

Cássio da Silva Calvete is an Associate Professor at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), affiliated with the Faculty of Economics and the Graduate Program in Economics. He specializes in Labor Economics and has contributed extensively to research on unemployment, labor flexibility, precariousness, and working time.

• B.Sc. in Economics from UFRGS
• Specialization in Labor Economics and Unionism from UNICAMP
• M.Sc. in Economics from UFRGS
• Ph.D. in Social and Labor Economics from UNICAMP

His career spans roles at the Inter-Union Department of Statistics and Socioeconomic Studies (DIEESE) from 1983 to 2010, board membership in the Brazilian Association of Labor Studies (2011–2017), and leadership as Head of the Economics and International Relations Department at UFRGS (2014–2015).