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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454567003321

Autore

Pagés Carmen

Titolo

Job creation in Latin America and the Caribbean [[electronic resource] ] : recent trends and policy challenges / / Carmen Pagés, Gaëlle Pierre, and Stefano Scarpetta

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Palgrave Macmillan and The World Bank, 2009

ISBN

1-282-13623-2

9786612136238

0-8213-8025-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (484 p.)

Collana

Latin American development forum series

Altri autori (Persone)

PierreGaëlle

ScarpettaStefano

Disciplina

331.12/0424098

Soggetti

Manpower policy - Latin America

Manpower policy - Caribbean Area

Unemployment - Latin America

Unemployment - Caribbean Area

Electronic books.

Latin America Economic policy

Caribbean Area Economic policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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



market policies in improving labor market outcomes in the region.