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Women in the Latin American Labor Market: The Remarkable 1990's
Duryea, Suzanne; Edwards, Alejandra Cox; Ureta, Manuelita - Inter-American Development Bank - 2002
In this paper, the authors examine levels and trends of labor market outcomes for women in the 1990¿s using household survey data for 18 Latin American countries covering several years per country. The outcomes we analyze include labor force participation rates, the distribution of employment...
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Mercado laboral en Chile: Nota técnica sectorial
Rucci, Graciana - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
La presente nota técnica presenta un panorama del mercado laboral chileno y su contexto a nivel nacional. Esta nota incluye un diagnóstico del sector, la programación del BID para el período 2010-2014 y una matriz de resultados.
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Financing Universal Social Security in Mexico
Anton, Arturo; Trillo, Fausto Hernández - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
The proposal by Levy (2008) whereby a universal social insurance (USI) scheme is guaranteed to all workers, regardless of formality status, aims at abolishing the current contributory social insurance system and financing social insurance through value-added taxes instead (henceforth, the social...
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Las mujeres en el mercado laboral de América Latina y el Caribe en los años 90: Una década extraordinaria
Duryea, Suzanne; Edwards, Alejandra Cox; Ureta, Manuelita - Inter-American Development Bank - 2002
En el presente documento se ilustran los diferentes patrones de participación de la mujer en el mercado laboral en países de América Latina y el Caribe (ALC), y se investigan los factores determinantes subyacentes de los diferentes patrones. Las autoras examinen los niveles y tendencias en...
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Transiciones entre el trabajo formal e informal y medios de intermediación laboral en México: 2005-2010
Lima, Roberto Flores; Zamora, Salvador; Contreras, Elba - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013
Este estudio analiza las transiciones laborales en México y el rol de los medios de intermediación laboral en el tipo de empleo encontrado. El período de análisis es 2005-10, época que se ha caracterizado por abarcar etapas de estabilidad, crisis y recuperación que han influido...
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Innovation Strategies and Employment in Latin American Firms
Crespi, Gustavo; Zuñiga, Pluvia - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
This study examines the impact of innovation strategies on employment growth in four Latin American countries (Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, and Uruguay) using micro-data for manufacturing firms from innovation surveys. Building on the model proposed by Harrison et al. (2008), we relate...
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Effects of Innovation on Employment in Latin America
Crespi, Gustavo; Tacsir, Ezequiel - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
This study examines the impact of process and product innovation on employment growth and composition in Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, and Uruguay using micro data from innovation surveys. Based on the model put forward by Harrison et al. (1998), employment growth is related to process...
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Unemployement Protection for Informal Workers in Latin America and the Caribbean
Finkelstein-Shapiro, Alan; Sarzosa, Miguel - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
-employment to analyze the implications of introducing universal unemployment protection for informal workers through transfers …, which are conditional on participation in training programs. We study how changes in unemployment benefits (UB) for … increasing training UB reduces unprotected unemployment and improves labor market outcomes through higher formal salaried …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010654168
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From Institutions to Financial Development and Growth: What Are the Links?
FERNÁNDEZ MARTIN, ANDRÉS; Tamayo, Cesar - Inter-American Development Bank - 2015
This paper presents an integrated overview of the literature linking institutions, financial development and economic … impact of institutions on growth through financial development. …
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Justice Delayed: Judicial Reform in Latin America Title: La economía política de la reforma judicial
Rubio, Mauricio; Neira, Néstor-Humberto Martínez; … - Inter-American Development Bank
In Justice Delayed, leading authorities on law and economics from Latin America and the United States analyze the problems of Latin America's judicial sector and propose strategies for solving them.Abstract: Este libro recoge los trabajos presentados en la Segunda Conferencia sobre Justicia y...
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