An edition of Labor markets in Latin America (1997)
Labor markets in Latin America
combining social protection with market flexibility
By Sebastian Edwards,Nora Lustig
Publish Date
1997
Publisher
Brookings Institution Press,Brookings Inst Pr
Language
eng
Pages
334
Description:
Part one addresses labor market institutions in a broader context, such as collective bargaining arrangements, minimum wages and poverty, and optimal unemployment insurance schemes. Part two analyzes labor market performance in Latin America, the links between performance and labor market regulations, and the status of labor market reform in the region. These questions are addressed for the region as a whole and in great detail for Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, and Colombia. The book provides a comprehensive description of the existing labor institutions in Latin America, the problems they pose, and the trends in labor market reforms as well as the difficulties encountered by the reform process in specific cases.