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U.S. Free Trade Agreements and Enforcement of Labor Law in Latin America

Dewan, Sabina; Ronconi, Lucas - Inter-American Development Bank - 2014

during the last decade produced higher enforcement of labor regulations. The paper computes before-after estimates of the … effect of FTAs on labor inspections and exploits variation across countries using non-signers as a comparison group. The … of labor inspectors and a 60 percent increase in the number of inspections. The North American Free Trade Agreement …

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Do Education and Health Conditions Matter in a Large Cash Transfer? Evidence from a Honduran Experiment

Benedetti, Fiorella; Ibarrarán, Pablo; McEwan, Patrick J. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2015

smaller full-sample effects on school enrollment, child labor participation, and measures of health service use. One …. Consistent with this, we find a large effect on enrollment (and a nearly off-setting one on child labor) among only children, and …

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Labor Exclusion and the Erosion of Citizenship Responsibilities

Ronconi, Lucas; Zarazaga, Rodrigo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2015

This paper shows that workers who do not receive legally mandated benefits due to employer noncompliance have a negative view not only of their employers, as has been documented, but also of the State. Those workers believe that the State did not protect their rights, and hence they feel fewer...

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Productive Development Policies and Innovation Spillovers through Labor Force Mobility: The Case of the Brazilian Innovation Support System

Maffioli, Alessandro; Stucchi, Rodolfo; Júnior, … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013

through the labor mobility channel, whether resulting from direct support programs or indirect support via tax incentives. For …

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Honoring the Past, Building the Future: Fifty Years of Development in Latin America and the Caribbean Title: Celebrar el pasado, construir el futuro: Cincuenta años de desarrollo en América Latina y el Caribe

Ávila, Ricardo - Inter-American Development Bank

Although science has unlocked the secrets of the human genome, the causes of social and economic development remain stubbornly enigmatic. Why do some countries adopt new technologies more readily than others? Why does income inequality persist in some regions--even in the face of rapid economic...

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Innovating, Gaining Market Share and Fostering Social Inclusion Success Stories in SME Development

Nations, United - Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American …; …

This document represents a contribution made by the Tripartite Committee comprising the Organization of American States (OAS), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) to the fourth Ministerial Meeting of the Pathways to...

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Job Creation in Latin America and the Caribbean: Recent Trends and Policy Challenges

Pagés-Serra, Carmen; Scarpetta, Stefano; Pierre, Gaëlle - Inter-American Development Bank

; labor markets show lackluster performance, with low participation rates, high and persistent informality, and, in some cases … examination of the labor market trends in the region in recent decades and assesses the role that labor demand and labor supply …

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Sources of Growth in Latin America: What Is Missing?

Fernández-Arias, Eduardo; Blyde, Juan S.; Gill, Indermit S. - Inter-American Development Bank

The country studies and their background papers included in this book were prepared for the Latin America and the Caribbean section of the "Global Research Project: Explaining Growth" of the Global Development Network (GDN), a research effort conducted in association with the Latin American and...

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What Difference Do Unions Make?: Their Impact on Productivity and Wages in Latin America

Murillo, Maria Victoria; Carmen Urízar H.; … - Inter-American Development Bank

The subject of labor unions in Latin America provokes a variety of diverse and strongly held views. While some see …

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Barbados: Meeting the Challenge of Competitiveness in the 21st Century

Rojas-Suárez, Liliana; Poon, Auliana; Thomas, Desmond; … - Inter-American Development Bank

The material within these pages shows that Barbados, a Caribbean country with just over a quarter of a million people, embodies many of the classic vulnerabilities of an island with a small open economy, yet aspires to developed-country status, and is already well advanced on the road to...

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