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UNINA9910454567003321 |
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Autore |
Pagés Carmen |
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Titolo |
Job creation in Latin America and the Caribbean [[electronic resource] ] : recent trends and policy challenges / / Carmen Pagés, Gaëlle Pierre, and Stefano Scarpetta |
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Washington, D.C., : Palgrave Macmillan and The World Bank, 2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-13623-2 |
9786612136238 |
0-8213-8025-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (484 p.) |
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Collana |
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Latin American development forum series |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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PierreGaëlle |
ScarpettaStefano |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Manpower policy - Latin America |
Manpower policy - Caribbean Area |
Unemployment - Latin America |
Unemployment - Caribbean Area |
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Latin America Economic policy |
Caribbean Area Economic policy |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Overview; Figures; PART I: Employment Dynamics in Latin America and the Caribbean; Tables; PART II: Structural Changes, Employment, and Productivity Growth: Main Patterns; Boxes; PART III: Policies to Foster the Creation of Good Jobs and Help Workers through Labor Market Transitions; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book analyzes recent labor market trends in Latin American countries and the factors that underlie the failure to create more-and more productive and rewarding-jobs, a failure with substantial political and social costs. The authors analyze how growth and job creation in the region's economies compare with other emerging countries, the impact of job creation and destruction on productivity growth and the creation of ""good"" jobs, and the relative importance and role of labor |
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