1 Individual Characteristics and Probability of Migration of Brazilian Informal Workers Marcelo Arbex Department of Economics University of Windsor 401 Sunset Avenue, Windsor, Ontario N9B 3P4, Canada arbex@uwindsor.ca Ricardo Freguglia Department of Economics Federal University of Juiz de Fora Campus Universitário, Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais 36.036-330, Brazil ricardo.freguglia@ufjf.edu.br