creation, and unemployment rates have stagnated at about 10 percent. Informal sector employment has expanded, and increases in …This paper was prepared for the 1998 IDB/IIC Annual Meeting entitled: The Employment in Latin America: What is the … structural reforms, employment problems have persisted in Latin America. The 1990s have seen a slowdown in the rate of job …

, presents the perceptions of Latin American citizens and employers concerning the employment problem. It compares them to the …

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. …

This paper shows that the factors affecting labor supply have been key determinants of the changes in employment …, unemployment, and income differentials in Latin America in the 1990s. The two main forces driving labor supply in the region have …

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. …

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 …