000			01999cam a22002894a 4500
008			020212t2002 dcua erb i001 0 eng
020			_a0821351125 (hardcover)
020			_a0821351117 (pbk.)
040			_aDLC _cDLC
050	0	0	_aHD8110.5 _b.C73 2002
082	0	0	_a331.12'042'098 _bCRA
245	0	0	_aCrafting labor policy : _btechniques and lessons from Latin America /
260			_aWashington, DC : _bWorld Bank ; _aOxford, England : _bOxford University Press, _cc2002.
300			_axx, 279 p. :ill,
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aCrafting Labor Policy is a very different type of text being more of a technical World Bank report on the state of affairs in terms of labour market analysis. It is quite readable and the country case studies (Brazil, Argentina and Chile) are valuable for the specialist reader. The text works on the assumption that labour law in Latin America had been unchanged since the 1950s and that these laws had 'distortionary effects' insofar as they prevented unfettered market forces from dictating the fate of labour. Hence, the need perceived in the late 1980s to carry out labour market 'reform' as part of the imposition of the neo-liberal Washington Consensus. They find that the main reform in the ABC (Argentina, Brazil, Chile) countries has been in the area of job security (reduction thereof) seen as a way of 'introducing labor market flexibility at the margin, and thus avoiding more pronounced labor reforms' (p. 10). Reducing severance or redundancy payments for workers is also seen as important especially as they had in the past deterred job creation.
590			_arpm 09/04/2018
591			_aLoans
650		0	_aLabor policy
651			_aLatin America
700	1		_aGill, Indermit Singh,
700	1		_aMontenegro, Claudio.
700	1		_aDömeland, Dörte,
856	4	2	_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0612/2002019991-d.html
942			_2ddc _cBOOK
949			_a331.12'042'098 CRA
999			_c7798 _d7798