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Labour market trends and implications of regional integration
(ECLAC, 2005-09-26)
Labour markets represent the backbone of economic functioning, providing the means of survival to populations, with labour income ensuring the livelihood of workers and families alike. Labour is also an essential input ...
A poverty profile and functional aspects of Brazilian labour markets
(ECLAC, 2003-03)
Brazilian labour markets are rather flexible in macroeconomic terms while also displaying microeconomic rigidity. Macroeconomic flexibility is characterized by the significant growth in employment in both good and bad ...
Port privatization, labour reform and social equity
(1995-12)
Governments of the ECLAC region have promulgated labour regimes which support port workers' desire for stable wages and job security, isolate them from market signals and create cargo-handling monopolies. The advent of a ...
Labour markets, worker protection and lifelong learning in a global economy: experiences and perspectives of Latin America and the Caribbean
(ECLAC, 2008-04)
Despite the expansion of the world economy in recent years, the employment situation remains uncertain, with a high percentage of the labour force unemployed or engaged in occupations that do not enable workers to escape ...
Caribbean labour market challenges and policies
(ECLAC, 2006-03)
This paper examines the challenges facing the labour market in the Caribbean. It uses a combination of past studies and interviews with key informants to identify the key challenges and main policy responses. The main ...
The urban female labour market in Latin America: the myth and the reality
(ECLAC, 1998-07)
Latin America has partly overcome the short-term adjustment stage following the external debt crisis and is now in a stage of restructuring marked by opening up to external markets. These changes, which have included the ...
Regulation, worker protection and active labour-market policies in Latin America
(ECLAC, 2009-12)
Job creation continues to be a priority in economic policy because the wellbeing of families depends on the quantity and quality of jobs available. In 2004-2008, Latin America recorded its highest economic growth in 40 ...
Aspects of recent developments in the Latin American and Caribbean labour markets
(2014-12)
This article presents three stylized facts that characterized the evolution of labour markets in Latin America and the Caribbean in the period 2003-2012 and represented breaks from previous trends. It is argued that these ...