Queiroz, Silvana Nunes deCarvalho, Valéria Oliveira Pontes Alencar de2022-08-042022-08-042022-07-04CARVALHO, Valéria Oliveira Pontes Alencar de. Sobrevivência e mortalidade do Microempreendedor Individual (MEI) nas mesorregiões do Rio Grande do Norte, 2016 - 2020. 2022. 102f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Demografia) - Centro de Ciências Exatas e da Terra, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, 2022.https://repositorio.ufrn.br/handle/123456789/49051Brazil is simultaneously experiencing an unprecedented health, political, economic, and environmental crisis, resulting in high unemployment rates and a high number of workers in the informal market. In this context, the figure of the Individual Microentrepreneur (MEI), characterized as an autonomous professional with rights and obligations of a legal entity, is growing. However, studies point to a high mortality of the MEI in the country. Therefore, this dissertation has as its main objective to investigate and expand the understanding of the demographic dynamics of the Individual Microentrepreneur (MEI), in the four mesoregions of Rio Grande do Norte, based on their mortality, survival, and to trace the sociodemographic profile of the MEI figure. For this, data provided by SEBRAE/RN (2016-2020) and Portal do Empreendedor (2022) were used mainly. The findings of this dissertation show differences between the mesoregions of RN with respect to economic development, characterizing the Eastern and Western mesoregions as the most developed, and the Agreste and Central mesoregions with less economic dynamism. This difference was ratified by the number of companies opening, showing the meso East as the leader in all the years under study, followed by the meso West, Central, and Agreste. Regarding the socio-demographic profile, the results show a higher percentage of MEI in the age bracket between 31 and 40 years, more men, and a predominance of Brazilians in all the mesoregions. Regarding the economic activities performed by MEI, it was possible to see differences in the division between men and women, with specific activities for each sex. Regarding life expectancy, the results were coherent with the development of each mesoregion, since the more prosperous mesoregions have higher life expectancy at age 0 (life expectancy at birth), and the less developed ones have lower life expectancy, but show the same upward trajectory until age 14 and stability after age 15. The study also analyzed the discourse of the MEI to decrease informality and unemployment, however, the data shows that despite the growth in the number of companies, these numbers do not reflect a significant decrease in the rate of unemployment and the rate of informality in RN. Finally, it is concluded that the MEI is an entrepreneur by necessity, seeking to combat problems with social/regional inequality, unemployment, poverty and abandonment of the role of the State as a generator of jobs, along with the private sector.Acesso AbertoDemografiaMicroempreendedor Individual (MEI)Demografia das empresasEmpreendedorismoTábuas de mortalidadeSobrevivência e mortalidade do Microempreendedor Individual (MEI) nas mesorregiões do Rio Grande do Norte, 2016 - 2020masterThesisCNPQ::CIENCIAS SOCIAIS APLICADAS::DEMOGRAFIA