03137nam 2200709Ia 450 991045456700332120200520144314.01-282-13623-297866121362380-8213-8025-7(CKB)1000000000786247(EBL)459637(OCoLC)430955824(SSID)ssj0000087798(PQKBManifestationID)11123595(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000087798(PQKBWorkID)10071545(PQKB)10194629(MiAaPQ)EBC459637(Au-PeEL)EBL459637(CaPaEBR)ebr10313224(CaONFJC)MIL213623(EXLCZ)99100000000078624720090428d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrJob creation in Latin America and the Caribbean[electronic resource] recent trends and policy challenges /Carmen Pagés, Gaëlle Pierre, and Stefano ScarpettaWashington, D.C. Palgrave Macmillan and The World Bank20091 online resource (484 p.)Latin American development forum seriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-8213-7688-8 0-8213-7623-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexThis 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.Latin American development forum.Manpower policyLatin AmericaManpower policyCaribbean AreaUnemploymentLatin AmericaUnemploymentCaribbean AreaLatin AmericaEconomic policyCaribbean AreaEconomic policyElectronic books.Manpower policyManpower policyUnemploymentUnemployment331.12/0424098Pagés Carmen871843Pierre Gaëlle932642Scarpetta Stefano124518MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454567003321Job creation in Latin America and the Caribbean2098751UNINA