Labor markets in Latin America : combining social protection with market flexibility /

Many of the rules that govern labor markets in Latin America (and elsewhere) raise labor costs, create barriers to entry, and introduce rigidities in the employment structure. These include the exceedingly restrictive regulations on hiring and firing practices, as well as burdensome social insurance...

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التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
مؤلف مشترك: Brookings Institution
مؤلفون آخرون: Edwards, Sebastian, 1953-, Lustig, Nora
التنسيق: Licensed eBooks
اللغة:الإنجليزية
منشور في: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press ©1997.
الوصول للمادة أونلاين:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7864/jj.17497004
الوصف
الملخص:Many of the rules that govern labor markets in Latin America (and elsewhere) raise labor costs, create barriers to entry, and introduce rigidities in the employment structure. These include the exceedingly restrictive regulations on hiring and firing practices, as well as burdensome social insurance schemes. Such labor market regulations contribute to an over-expansion of precarious forms of employment and to rural poverty, and hinder countries from responding rapidly to new challenges from increased foreign competition. At the same time, other norms can reduce costs and raise productivity; th.
وصف المادة:Proceedings of a conference which was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Universidad di Tella, July 6-7, 1995.
وصف مادي:1 online resource (xiv, 334 pages) : illustrations
بيبلوغرافيا:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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