Economic Reforms, Growth and Inequality in Latin America: Essays in Honor of Albert Berry

ISBN-13: 9781138619524 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 330 str.

Gustavo Indart

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Originally published in 2004. Examining unique theoretical issues and the empirical evidence, this book provides a critical analysis of the key elements of income distribution determinants, labour market functions, trade policies, and their interrelations in Latin America.

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Contents: Introduction: The reform, growth and inequality debate in Latin America, Gustavo Indart; Albert Berry: his life and work, Gerry Helleiner, Gustavo Indart, and Jaime Tenjo. Reforms, Growth and Income Distribution: Lights and shadows in Latin American structural reforms, Jos ntonio Ocampo; Economic growth and human development in Latin America, Gustav Ranis and Frances Stewart; Reform, macroeconomic instability and the distribution of income in Latin America in the 1990s, Samuel A. Morley; Distributive tensions under the new economic order, Oscar Altimir; Economic reform or social development? The challenges of a period of reform in Latin America: case study of Mexico, Diana Alarcón and Eduardo Zepeda; Political challenges to equitable development in Latin America, Judith Teichman. Economic Reforms and Labor Markets: The impact of liberalization and globalization on laborr market policies in Latin America and the Caribbean, Andrew Downes, Rafael Gómez, and Morley Gunderson; Causes of rising wage inequality in the 1990s: evidence from the Argentine manufacturing sector, Adriana Marshall; The impact of minimum wages on wage inequality and employment in Costa Rica, Katherine Terrell and Fatma El-Hamidi ; European social protection: what is to be learned for Latin America, François Bourguignon; Index

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Gustavo Indart