Labor markets in Latin America
Subtitle: combining social protection with market flexibility
By: Sebastian Edwards and Nora Claudia Lustig, editors.
Contributors: Edwards, Sebastian, 1953-; Lustig, Nora.; Brookings Institution.
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press; Brookings Inst Pr
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 334
Subjects: Labor market -- Latin America.; Manpower policy -- Latin America.; Labor laws and legislation -- Latin America.
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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Proceedings of a conference which was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Universidad di Tella, July 6-7, 1995.