Crafting labor policy : techniques and lessons from Latin America
Nothing impacts the welfare of individuals and households more directly than employment and earnings opportunities. In developing countries, labor market reform is a crucial component for the success of overall economic policy reforms. Despite success in other areas of economic reform over the past...
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Washington, D.C.
World Bank
2002
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Table of Contents:
- Contenido: 1. Labor reform in Latin America during the 1990s / Dorte Domeland and Indermit S. Gill
- Pt. 1: Public and private sector labor markets in Brazil
- 2. Improving public sector efficiency in Brazil / Ricardo Paes de Barros, Miguel N. Foguel, Indermit S. Gill, and Rosane Silva Pinto de Mendoȧ
- 3. Assessing the impact of regulations on informal workers in Brazil / Edward J. Amadeo, Indermit S. Gill, and Marcelo C. Neri
- Pt. 2: Labor supply and labor demand in Argentina
- 4. Understanding labor supply dynamics in Argentina / Carola Pessino, Indermit S. Gill, and José Luis Guasch
- 5. Increasing labor demand in Argentina / Carola Pessino, Indermit S. Gill, and José Luis Guasch
- Pt. 3: Earning and employment outcomes in Chile
- 6. Responding to earnings differentials in Chile / Indermit S. Gill and Claudio E. Montenegro
- 7. Dealing with employment instability in Chile / Indermit S. Gill, Erik Haindl, Claudio E. Montenegro, and Claudio N. Sapelli
- 8. Some guidelines for the new decade: summary and conclusions / Indermit S. Gill and Claudio E. Montenegro
- Technical annexes: 1. Technical annex to chapter 2: the public-private wage gap
- 2. Technical annex to chapter 5: wage and output elasticities of labor demand
- 3. Technical annex to chapter 6: the quantile regression
- 4. Technical annex to chapter 7: haindl's labor flows model.