Labor redundancy, retraining, and outplacement during privatization : the experience of Brazil's Federal Railway

Antonio Estache, Jose Antonio Schmitt de Azevedo and Evelyn Sydenstricker

When Brazil's Federal Railway was privatized, the team in charge of privatization made a significant effort to complement the incentive for voluntary reduction with an elaborate menu of training options. How did it work?

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Year of publication:	[2000]
Authors:	Estache, Antonio
Other Persons:	Sydenstricker, Evelyn (contributor) ; Azevedo, Jose Antonio Schmitt de (contributor)
Institutions:	World Bank Institute / Governance, Regulation, and Finance Division (contributor)
Publisher:	Washington, DC : World Bank, World Bank Institute, Governance, Regulation, and Finance Division
Subject:	Brasilien \| Brazil \| Privatisierung \| Privatization \| Schienenverkehr \| Railway transport \| Umschulung \| Retraining \| Kündigung \| Dismissal \| Personalabbau \| Downsizing (Staff)