Analyses the evolution of foreign direct investment (FDI) and the increasing role of transnational companies for the domestic economies of three Latin American countries in the period 1990-2003. Describes the impact of FDI on employment and wages of different sectors and the shift from the State...

Examina la efectividad de los mecanismos de control y de aplicación de la legislación laboral en la protección de los derechos de los trabajadores.

Based on a survey carried out in 1990. Suggests that decreased employment opportunity is a result of changes in consumer behaviour, which have made technological restructuring necessary.

Supports the macro-level analysis with a survey of 46 metal- engineering and 16 secondary petrochemical enterprises.

Covers trends in the 1980s and 1990s. Includes case studies of social and labour policies in eight companies.