Law and employment
Subtitle: lessons from Latin America and the Caribbean
By: edited by James J. Heckman and Carmen Pagés
Contributors: Heckman, James J.; Pagés, Carmen
Series: A National Bureau of Economic Research conference report
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 573
Subjects: Labor market -- Latin America; Labor market -- Caribbean Area; Labor laws and legislation -- Latin America; Labor laws and legislation -- Caribbean Area
Description: "Along with in-depth studies of Colombia, Peru, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Jamaica, and Trinidad, Law and Employment provides comparative analysis of Latin American economics against a range of European countries and the United States. The book breaks new ground by quantifying not only the cost of regulation in Latin America, the Caribbean, and in the OECD, but also the broader impact of this regulation."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes