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Examines whether labour productivity and industrial competitiveness are affected by legislation on dismissals, atypical contracts of employment and unemployment benefits.
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The transition to a market driven development strategy in Latin America for more than a decade has redefined business strategies and reshaped the state`s traditional role as guarantor of employment, stability, and protection. These changes, plus the move to create more flexible labor markets in...
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, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay. We simulate the poverty impact of changes in growth rates and redistributive policies, and … and Uruguay. The required growth rate could be significantly lower if some modest well-targeted redistribution could be …
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The overall objective of the present study is to improve the quality the EC and other donors’ media support by providing an analyses of the EC ́s assistance so far and recommendations on future strategies and modalities. This present report focuses on the activities so far, while a separate...
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, Chile, El Salvador, Mexico and Uruguay, for the period 1992–2006. Six dimensions are analysed: income, child attendance at … and Chile experienced significant reductions of multidimensional poverty. In contrast, in urban Uruguay there was a small … areas of Argentina, Chile and Uruguay. In all countries, access to proper sanitation and education of the household head are …
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In the 1970s and early 1980s Paul Samuelson reformulated the conditional prediction made by Joseph Schumpeter in Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy by replacing socialism with populism. According to Samuelson, "populist democracy" had attained its fullest development in the Southern Cone. He...
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American trade bloc consisting of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, with Venezuela's membership currently suspended. The …
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the distribution of income is quite unequal. Unlike Uruguay, Chile has one of the more unequal income distributions of the … region. In 2003, Chile had Gini Coefficient of 8.5 points higher than Uruguay. Using micro/simulations, the analysis shows … Uruguay. Social conditions such as social security benefits and the participation of women in the labor market are not …
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