Crafting Labor Policy : Techniques and Lessons from Latin America
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 succ...
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| Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC: World Bank and Oxford University Press
2013
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/01/1972085/crafting-labor-policy-techniques-lessons-latin-america http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15245 |
| Summary: | 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. |
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