-tradables, have generally low productivity levels, and rely on unskilled employment. The analysis also finds a pervasive duality …Paraguay has achieved positive employment outcomes over the last decade, reflecting more jobs and improved average job …, especially formal jobs. It is important to understand how firm performance has translated into employment, the nature of the …

Using a sample of Uruguayan establishments we analyze employment, capital and productivity dynamics over a period with … changes in trade policy and in the institutional setting of employment negotiations. Firms performed a technological … conversion towards more capital intensive technologies. This brought an increase in labor and total factor productivity. Creation …

findings from the literature on how productivity, innovation, and employment were impacted by the Great Liberalizationa period … limits of trade policy in boosting employment and long-term productivity growth. Policymakers should manage their … employment effects. The results reinforce some of the key findings of the earlier literature, notably the positive …