03481oam 22008295 450 991082529000332120240501064157.01-282-13623-297866121362380-8213-8025-710.1596/978-0-8213-7623-2(CKB)1000000000786247(EBL)459637(OCoLC)430955824(SSID)ssj0000087798(PQKBManifestationID)11123595(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000087798(PQKBWorkID)10071545(PQKB)10194629(Au-PeEL)EBL459637(CaPaEBR)ebr10313224(CaONFJC)MIL213623(The World Bank)ocn277195852(US-djbf)15716219(MiAaPQ)EBC459637(EXLCZ)99100000000078624720090428d2009 uf 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierJob creation in Latin America and the Caribbean : recent trends and policy challenges /Carmen Pages, Gaelle Pierre, and Stefano Scarpetta1st ed.Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ;New York :Palgrave Macmillan ;Washington, DC :World Bank,[2009]copyright 2009.xxviii, 450 pages illustrations ;23 cmLatin 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.World Bank e-Library.Manpower policyLatin AmericaManpower policyCaribbean AreaUnemploymentLatin AmericaUnemploymentCaribbean AreaLatin AmericaEconomic policyCaribbean AreaEconomic policyManpower policyManpower policyUnemploymentUnemployment331.12/0424098Pages Carmen1147940Pierre Gaëlle1694623Scarpetta Stefano124518DLCDLCBTCTAYDXCPC#PCDXBWXDLCBOOK9910825290003321Job creation in Latin America and the Caribbean4073288UNINA