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US free trade agreements and enforcement of labor law in Latin America

Dewan, Sabina; Ronconi, Lucas - 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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Labor exclusion and the erosion of citizenship responsibilities

Ronconi, Lucas; Zarazaga, Rodrigo - 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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Minimum wage policy and inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean

Gindling, Thomas; Ronconi, Lucas - 2023

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Globalization and inequality in Latin America

Carneiro, Rafael Dix; Kovak, Brian K. - 2023

We survey the recent literature studying the effects of globalization on inequality in Latin America. Our focus is on research emerging from the late 2000s onward, with an emphasis on empirical work considering new mechanisms, studying new dimensions of inequality, and developing new...

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Female labour force participation in some selected Asian and Latin American countries

Khuda, Barkat E. (contributor) - 1982

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Market positioning of varieties in world trade : is Latin America losing out on Asia?

Mulder, Nanno; Paillacar, Rodrigo; Zignago, Soledad - 2009

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The incidence of recent child health improvements in Africa

Sahn, David E.; Younger, Stephen D. - 2014

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Gone with the wind : demographic transitions and domestic saving

Cavallo, Eduardo A.; Sánchez, Gabriel; Valenzuela, Patricio - 2016

longevity increase domestic saving rates. However, these effects are statistically robust only in Asia. In particular, Latin … in saving rates as Asia. The paper highlights that the potential dividends arising from a favorable demographic …

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Bad investments and missed opportunities? : capital flows to Asia and Latin America, 1950-2007

Ohanian, Lee E.; Restrepo-Echavarria, Paulina; Wright, … - 2014

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Origins of Latin American inequality

Eslava, Francisco; Caicedo, Felipe Valencia - 2023

How deep are the roots of Latin America's economic inequalities? In this chapter we survey both the history and the …

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