Job creation in Latin America and the Caribbean : recent trends and policy challenges / Carmen Pagés, Gaëlle Pierre, and Stefano Scarpetta.

Job creation in Latin America and the Caribbean : recent trends and policy challenges /

This book analyzes recent labor market trends in Latin American countries and the factors that underlie the failure to create more--and more productive and rewarding--jobs, a failure with substantial political and social costs. The authors analyze how growth and job creation in the region's eco...

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Main Author: Pagés, Carmen
Other Authors: Pierre, Gaëlle, Scarpetta, Stefano
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Washington, DC : Palgrave Macmillan ; World Bank, ©2009.
Series:Latin American development forum.
Subjects:
Manpower policy > Latin America.
Manpower policy > Caribbean Area.
Unemployment > Latin America.
Unemployment > Caribbean Area.
Latin America > Economic policy.
Caribbean Area > Economic policy.
Online Access: Full text (Wentworth users only)
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Jobless growth or growthless jobs?
  • Skills, gender, and age dimensions of job creation
  • Role of structural changes for employment and productivity growth
  • Creative destruction, productivity, and job creation
  • The business environment
  • Improving protection against the risk of unemployment
  • Active labor market programs
  • Improving the quality of jobs.

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