Crafting Labor Policy : Techniques and Lessons from Latin America

by Indermit S. Gill; Claudio E. Montenegro; Dorte Domeland

• ISBN13: 9780821351116
• ISBN10: 0821351117
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-07-03
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Summary

The aim of Crafting Labor Policy is to advance labor market reform--which has been referred to as the unfinished economic reform in Latin America--using estimation techniques to answer important labour policy questions in a quantitative manner. The contributors--leading labor economists in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile--examine key labor policy issues that faced these three countries during the 1990s. An introductory chapter provides the broader context by summarizing labor reforms in Latin America since the late 1980s. The authors approach each country from a different perspective, focusing on labor supply and demand in Argentina, public and private employment in Brazil, and earnings and employment in Chile. Crafting Labor Policy , based on work sponsored as the basis for the labor policy debate. With its readable blend of nontechnical introductory and concluding chapters, somewhat more detailed country chapters, and technical annexes, the book should be of interest to policy-makers, researchers, and students.

Table of Contents

Tables and Figures	vii
Foreword	xi
Acknowledgments	xv
Acronyms and Abbreviations	xvii
Labor Reform in Latin America during the 1990s	1	(32)
Dorte Domeland
Indermit S. Gill
Part I: Public and Private Sector Labor Markets in Brazil	33	(64)
Improving Public Sector Efficiency in Brazil	37	(30)
Ricardo Paes de Barros
Miguel N. Foguel
Indermit S. Gill
Rosane Silva Pinto de Mendonca
Assessing the Impact of Regulations on Informal Workers in Brazil	67	(30)
Edward J. Amadeo
Indermit S. Gill
Marcelo C. Neri
Part II: Labor Supply and Labor Demand in Argentina	97	(58)
Understanding Labor Supply Dynamics in Argentina	101	(28)
Carola Pessino
Indermit S. Gill
Jose Luis Guasch
Increasing Labor Demand in Argentina	129	(26)
Carola Pessino
Indermit S. Gill
Jose Luis Guasch
Part III: Earnings and Employment Outcomes in Chile	155	(104)
Responding to Earnings Differentials in Chile	159	(32)
Indermit S. Gill
Claudio E. Montenegro
Dealing with Employment Instability in Chile	191	(24)
Indermit S. Gill
Erik Haindl
Claudio E. Montenegro
Claudio N. Sapelli
Some Guidelines for the New Decade: Summary and Conclusions	215	(44)
Indermit S. Gill
Claudio E. Montenegro
Technical Annexes
Technical Annex to Chapter 2: The Public-Private Wage Gap	237	(4)
Technical Annex to Chapter 5: Wage and Output Elasticities of Labor Demand	241	(6)
Technical Annex to Chapter 6: The Quantile Regression	247	(6)
Technical Annex to Chapter 7: Haindl's Labor Flows Model	253	(6)
Contributors	259	(4)
Index	263