Latin America has experienced an unprecedented period of macroeconomic stability and high economic growth between 2003 and 2008. The main aim of this paper is to analyse to what extent these more favourable conditions have been an opportunity for Latin American countries to recover their labour...

Latin America experienced a long period of sustained growth since 2003 that positively impacted social and labor market indicators, including poverty. This paper contributes to the understanding of this process as it carries out a comparative study of poverty and indigence dynamics in five Latin...

Latin America experienced six years of sustained growth from 2003-2008. The high rate of economic growth over these years, before the 2008-2009 crisis, positively impacted social and labour market indicators. Evidence of these positive impacts can be seen in the form of job creation...