This paper examines the impact of the recent wave of trade liberalization and economic reform on employment. Four … manufacturing and economy-wide employment. Across a wide range of specifications, trade reforms have had a negative, albeit small …, effect on employment growth. This effect has been reinforced by real exchange rate appreciation. …

on employment. The authors show that job security policies have a substantial impact on the level and the distribution of … employment in Latin America. These policies reduce employment and promote inequality. The institutional organization of the labor … market affects both employment and inequality. …

Economists have examined the impact of labor market regulations on the level of employment. However, there are many … employment and the employment rates across age, gender and skill levels. To this effect, we use a sample of repeated cross … across time. Our results suggest large distribution effects. We find that employment security provisions and minimum wages …

workers. In a few countries, increasing unemployment is caused by falling employment rates. In the rest, unemployment rates …This paper analyzes the recent performance of Latin American labor markets. We find that unemployment rates are on the … rise in most countries and sub-regions of Latin America. The rise in unemployment over the 1990s is not driven by a higher …