Economic Integration across Latin America : Evidence from Labor Markets, 1990-2013

Combining macroeconomic and microeconomic data and three indicators of international market integration, this paper assesses the degree to which Latin American labor markets are integrated. The results suggest that relative to East Asia, Latin Amer...

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Main Authors:	Lederman, Daniel, Robertson, Raymond
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:	regional integration labor market trade promotion economic growth labor mobility migration wages foreign investment
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/10/26836660/economic-integration-across-latin-america-evidence-labor-markets-1990-2013 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25164

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spelling	okr-10986-251642021-04-23T14:04:29Z Economic Integration across Latin America : Evidence from Labor Markets, 1990-2013 Lederman, Daniel Robertson, Raymond regional integration labor market trade promotion economic growth labor mobility migration wages foreign investment Combining macroeconomic and microeconomic data and three indicators of international market integration, this paper assesses the degree to which Latin American labor markets are integrated. The results suggest that relative to East Asia, Latin American labor markets are somewhat more integrated, but considerable differences across countries persist. In addition, the evidence indicates that the degree of labor market integration across Latin American borders is significantly less than that of labor markets within Mexico and within the United States in two of the three indicators. These differences may suggest opportunities for efficiency gains from further labor market integration. 2016-10-17T16:26:05Z 2016-10-17T16:26:05Z 2016-10 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/10/26836660/economic-integration-across-latin-america-evidence-labor-markets-1990-2013 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25164 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7847 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Latin America & Caribbean Latin America Mexico United States
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description	Combining macroeconomic and microeconomic data and three indicators of international market integration, this paper assesses the degree to which Latin American labor markets are integrated. The results suggest that relative to East Asia, Latin American labor markets are somewhat more integrated, but considerable differences across countries persist. In addition, the evidence indicates that the degree of labor market integration across Latin American borders is significantly less than that of labor markets within Mexico and within the United States in two of the three indicators. These differences may suggest opportunities for efficiency gains from further labor market integration.
format	Working Paper
author	Lederman, Daniel Robertson, Raymond
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title	Economic Integration across Latin America : Evidence from Labor Markets, 1990-2013
title_short	Economic Integration across Latin America : Evidence from Labor Markets, 1990-2013
title_full	Economic Integration across Latin America : Evidence from Labor Markets, 1990-2013
title_fullStr	Economic Integration across Latin America : Evidence from Labor Markets, 1990-2013
title_full_unstemmed	Economic Integration across Latin America : Evidence from Labor Markets, 1990-2013
title_sort	economic integration across latin america : evidence from labor markets, 1990-2013
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2016
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/10/26836660/economic-integration-across-latin-america-evidence-labor-markets-1990-2013 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25164
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Economic Integration across Latin America : Evidence from Labor Markets, 1990-2013

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