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Globalization and the Need for Strategic Government-Industry Cooperation in the Philippine Automotive Industry
Aldaba, Rafaelita M. - 2008
shift from CKD to CBU operations. This is the reality of doing business under the globalization age. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011421111
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Increasing Globalization and AFTA in 2003: What are the Prospects for the Philippine Automotive Industry?
Aldaba, Rafaelita M. - 2000
globalization (which occurs through trade and foreign direct investment) of the automotive industry poses both risks and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011429641
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Labor Market and Globalization: A Comparison of the Latin American and the East Asian Experiences in the 1980s and 1990s
Bruno, Randolph Luca - 2010
In this paper we analyse the labor market and its relationship with globalization in two groups of countries similar in … structures. On the one hand we look at Argentina, Brazil and Chile, on the other hand we analyse South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand …. It is argued that the Latin American group adopted pro-globalization policies too quickly and without an adequate social …
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A gazdaság fehérítése: büntetés és ösztözés:költségek és hasznok egy modellszámítás tükrében
Bíró, Anikó; Vincze, János - 2008
It is well known that the size of the informal (black or grey) economy causes serious fiscal problems for Hungary. This study makes an attempt to quantify the budgetary and macroeconomic effects of different ways of widening the formal sector (whitening”) with the help of a model. It turns out...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010494381
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Social Protection for the Informal Sector and the Informally Employed in Vietnam: Literature and data review
Huong, Nguyen Thi Lan; Tuan, Luu Quan; Meissner, Matthias; … - 2013
In the last 20 years, Vietnam has been one of the fastest growing economies in Asia. But the coverage of social insurance is still low. Only around one in five workers is covered by the public social insurance scheme. Expanding the coverage of social insurance for informal sector workers and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011918487
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Empleo Informal y Apertura Comercial: Evidencia de 20 años de Reformas en Argentina
Viollaz, Mariana - 2010
Este trabajo estudia la relación entre las reformas comerciales y el fenómeno de informalidad laboral en las industrias manufactureras del Gran Buenos Aires durante el período 1980-2001. La combinación de información sobre tarifas a las importaciones y microdatos de la fuerza laboral...
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La Economía Informal y el Mercado Laboral en la Argentina: Un Análisis desde la Perspectiva del Trabajo Decente
Jiménez, Mónica - 2011
El objetivo de este estudio es explorar, desde una perspectiva dinámica, el impacto del fenómeno de la informalidad, analizado en términos de déficit de trabajo decente, en la estructura del mercado laboral argentino. Con este fin, se estiman matrices de transición, brechas salariales y...
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Unemployment assistance and transition to employment in Argentina
Iturriza, Ana; Bedi, Arjun S.; Sparrow, Robert - 2008
In 2001-02, Argentina experienced a wrenching economic crisis. Plan Jefes, implemented in May 2002, was Argentina …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268650
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Returns to education and macroeconomic shocks: evidence from Argentina
López Bóo, Florencia - 2010
Returns to schooling in urban Argentina increased from 1992 to 2003, a period of economic reforms and macroeconomic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269617
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Is informal sector work an alternative to workfare benefits? The case of pre-program expansion and economic crisis
Khamis, Melanie - 2009
Limited availability of workfare programs and unemployment insurance and a large informal sector are features of the Argentine labor market at the outset of the 2001 economic crisis. This paper tests the hypothesis whether informal work is an alternative to workfare participation before a...
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