Does Latin American and Caribbean Unemployment Depend on Asian Labor Standards?
Many Latin American nations have recently implemented liberal trade regimes, often as part of a larger set of market-oriented reforms, and have abandoned their industrialization policies based on import substitution. In the 1980s, Chile, Mexico, and Bolivia were among the continent's first nati...
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ftrepec:oai:RePEc:idb:brikps:6080 2024-04-14T08:11:39+00:00 Does Latin American and Caribbean Unemployment Depend on Asian Labor Standards? Belser, Patrick https://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Does-Latin-American-and-Caribbean-Unemployment-Depend-on-Asian-Labor-Standards.pdf unknown https://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Does-Latin-American-and-Caribbean-Unemployment-Depend-on-Asian-Labor-Standards.pdf preprint ftrepec 2024-03-19T10:30:24Z Many Latin American nations have recently implemented liberal trade regimes, often as part of a larger set of market-oriented reforms, and have abandoned their industrialization policies based on import substitution. In the 1980s, Chile, Mexico, and Bolivia were among the continent's first nations to slash tariff rates and virtually eliminate quantitative restrictions on imports. They were followed by many others, including Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Jamaica, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela, and Trinidad and Tobago. All these countries are now much more exposed to international competition than ever before. But is this a good idea? Are labor rights really more restricted in export-oriented Asian nations than they are in Latin America? And if so, are Latin American workers prejudiced by Asia's lower standards? WP-380 Report First Nations RePEc (Research Papers in Economics) Argentina Uruguay Trinidad ENVELOPE(-60.734,-60.734,-63.816,-63.816) |
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Many Latin American nations have recently implemented liberal trade regimes, often as part of a larger set of market-oriented reforms, and have abandoned their industrialization policies based on import substitution. In the 1980s, Chile, Mexico, and Bolivia were among the continent's first nations to slash tariff rates and virtually eliminate quantitative restrictions on imports. They were followed by many others, including Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Jamaica, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela, and Trinidad and Tobago. All these countries are now much more exposed to international competition than ever before. But is this a good idea? Are labor rights really more restricted in export-oriented Asian nations than they are in Latin America? And if so, are Latin American workers prejudiced by Asia's lower standards? WP-380 |
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