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The employment situation in Latin America and the Caribbean: Labour productivity and distribution issues
(ECLACILO, 2012-05)
Although the economies of Latin America and the Caribbean grew more slowly in 2011 than
in 2010, there were some improvements on the employment front. Workers benefited from the
region’s satisfactory economic performance ...
U.S. Economic Outlook: Seven years of steady but tepid growth
(ECLAC, 2017-04)
The U.S labor market is tight and is expected to return to full employment in 2017. However, productivity has risen less than 1% for six consecutive years. Sluggish productivity has implications for wage growth, which has ...
Occupational mobility and income differentials: The experience of Brazil between 2002 and 2010
(2014-08)
Since the start of the twenty-first century, the Brazilian economy has experienced a growth cycle with characteristics unlike those of its previous historical experience, combining growth, macroeconomic stability and ...
Income distribution in Argentina, 1974-2000
(2002-12)
Over the last quarter-century, the distribution of income in Argentina has deteriorated steadily. This article utilizes microsimulation analysis to decompose the impact that labour changes have had on the distribution of ...
Functional distribution of income and growth regime in Peru, 1942−2013
(2018-08-18)
This paper begins by reviewing the literature on the relation between economic growth and the functional distribution of income since the time of the classical economists, highlighting the work of Kalecki and the post-Keynesians ...
Labour costs and competitiveness in the Latin American manufacturing sector, 1990-1998
(1999-12)
This article analyses the reduction of labour costs as a factor which helps to raise the competitiveness of industrial enterprises. It first reviews non-wage labour costs, both for workers with permanent contracts and those ...
Employment trends in Latin America and the Caribbean during the 1990s
(2000-12)
The economic reforms applied in the region during the 1980s and 1990s created expectations, for which there was theoretical justification, of strong job creation and greater equity in the labour market. This article analyses ...
Determinantes económicos del salario mínimo en países pequeños y abiertos: una aplicación para Centroamérica
(CEPAL, 2009-11)
En primer lugar, en el presente documento se revisa el acuerdo social respecto del trabajo y el salario mínimo, según aparece en los documentos fundadores de Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras y Nicaragua. En ...
Nicaragua: evolución económica durante 2005 y perspectivas para 2006
(CEPAL, 2006-08-02)
1. Rasgos generales de la evolución reciente. En 2005 el producto interno bruto (PIB) real de Nicaragua creció 4%, lo que representa una pérdida de dinamismo de casi un punto porcentual con respecto a 2004. Este resultado ...
The effect of the economic crisis on the labour market for women in Mexico, 1987–2016
(2021-04-30)
The goal of this study is to analyse the impact of the economic crisis in Mexico on the labour market for women. The analysis is carried out using data from the National Urban Employment Survey (ENEU) and the National ...