The subject of labor unions in Latin America provokes a variety of diverse and strongly held views. While some see unions as a way to protect workers' rights and ensure an equitable distribution of income, others see unions as a drain of productivity or an intrusion of politics into the...

The subject of labor unions in Latin America provokes a variety of diverse and strongly held views. While some see unions as a way to protect workers' rights and ensure an equitable distribution of income, others see unions as a drain of productivity or an intrusion of politics into the...

Following the research strategy put in practice in the project behind Stein et al. (2008), Policymaking in Latin America: How Politics Shapes Policies, this project will be a collective and interactive process among various country teams and the coordinators. We will build a number of country...

This is the presentation of the study "Competitiveness and Growth in Latin America: Country Case: El Salvador". The study finds that phenomena associated with migration are key in understanding slow growth in El Salvador. Migration has substantially reduced the growth of labor force....

This is the latest version available of this paper. This study finds that phenomena associated with migration are key to understanding slow growth in El Salvador. Migration has substantially reduced the growth of labor force. When one accounts for an overestimated labor force in the official...