Examines whether labour productivity and industrial competitiveness are affected by legislation on dismissals, atypical contracts of employment and unemployment benefits.

A presentation of remittances, money transfer companies and costs of service in 14 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean.

Output gap estimates are subject to a wide range of uncertainty owing to data revisions and the difficulty in distinguishing between cycle and trend in real time. This is important given the central role in monetary policy of assessments of economic activity relative to capacity. We show that...

A presentation of remittances, money transfer companies and costs of service in 14 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean.