Crafting Labor Policy Techniques and Lessons from Latin America

• Main Authors: Gill, Indermit S, Montenegro, Claudio E, Dömeland, Dörte
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: Washington World Bank Publications 2001; The World Bank; Washington, DC: World Bank and Oxford University Press
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS; ALTERNATIVE POLICIES; CIVIL SERVICE; Competitiveness; CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE; CPI; DEREGULATION; DISMISSAL; EARNINGS CAPACITY; EARNINGS DISTRIBUTION; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC REFORM; ECONOMISTS; ELASTICITIES; EMERGING MARKETS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; EMPLOYMENT POLICIES; EMPLOYMENT PROMOTION; EMPLOYMENT RESEARCH; FACTOR DEMAND; FEMALE LABOR; FEMALE LABOR FORCE; FISCAL DEFICITS; GNP; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT; INCOME; INCOME LEVELS; INDEXATION; INFLATION; INSURANCE; INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION; JOB CREATION; LABOR COSTS; LABOR DEMAND; LABOR FLOW; LABOR FORCE; LABOR FORCE GROWTH; LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION; LABOR LAWS; LABOR LEGISLATION; LABOR MARKET; LABOR MARKET POLICY; LABOR MARKETS; LABOR POLICY; LABOR REGULATIONS; LABOR SUPPLY; LABOR TURNOVER; LABOUR; Labour policy; Labour relations; Latin America; LAWS; LEGAL STATUS; LEGISLATION; MACROECONOMIC STABILIZATION; MATERNITY LEAVE; METROPOLITAN AREAS; MINIMUM WAGE; MORTALITY; PENSIONS; Policy making; PRIVATE SECTOR; PRODUCTIVITY; REAL WAGES; REGIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT; SAVINGS; SERVANTS; SKILLED LABOR; SOCIAL SECURITY; STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT; SUBSIDIARY; TRADE UNIONS; UNEMPLOYED; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNEMPLOYMENT RATE; UNEMPLOYMENT RATES; WAGE LEVELS; WAGE PRICE POLICY; WAGE RATE; WAGES; WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX; WORKERS; Workers' rights; WORKING ENVIRONMENT; WORKING HOURS; YOUNG WORKERS LABOR MARKET CHARACTERISTICS; EARNINGS CAPACITY; LABOR REGULATIONS; WAGE GAP; EMPLOYMENT POLICIES; LABOR MARKETS; LABOR SUPPLY; LABOR DEMAND; LABOR POLICY; WORKERS; PRIVATE SECTOR; WAGE RATE; EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES; LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION; WAGE LEVELS; EMPLOYMENT RESEARCH; INCOME LEVELS; LABOR MARKET POLICY; CIVIL SERVICE; LABOR MARKET CHARACTERISTICS; SEVERANCE PAYMENT; EMPLOYMENT; EARNINGS DISTRIBUTION; WAGE PRICE POLICY
• ISBN: 9780821351116; 0821351117; 9780821351123; 0821351125
• DOI: 10.1596/0-8213-5111-7

Nothing impacts the welfare of individuals and households more directly than employment and earnings opportunities. In developing countries, labor market reform is a crucial component for the success of overall economic policy reforms. Despite success in other areas of economic reform over the past ten years, Argentina, Brazil, and Chile continue to face significant labor policy issues. To reduce the rhetoric around the issues - in Argentina, a high level of unemployment exists; in Brazil, the high costs of public employment have created large government deficits and public debt; and in Chile, there is a growing income inequality and uncertainty of employment - the book uses a systematically quantitative approach. The value of the quantitative methods in analysis is that they can provide frameworks to better understand the effects of various policy actions. The results can then be translated into benefits and costs that policy makers can more easily explain to their constituents. The policy recommendations resulting from the issues analyzed in Crafting Labor Policy: Techniques and Lessons from Latin America may be beneficial to other developing countries enacting labor market reforms.