Latin American Labor Markets in the 1990s: Deciphering the Decade

Duryea, Suzanne; Jaramillo, Olga Lucia; Pagés-Serra, Carmen

dc.creator	Duryea, Suzanne
dc.creator	Jaramillo, Olga Lucia
dc.creator	Pagés-Serra, Carmen
dc.date	2010-10-28T23:31:58Z
dc.date	2010-10-28T23:31:58Z
dc.date	2003-05-01
dc.date	2014-08-29T09:19:21Z
dc.date.accessioned	2014-09-08T21:46:56Z
dc.date.available	2014-09-08T21:46:56Z
dc.date.issued	2014-09-08
dc.identifier	http://www.iadb.org/en/publications/publication-detail,7101.html?id=4860
dc.identifier.uri	https://saber.ucab.edu.ve/xmlui/handle/123456789/15481
dc.description	This paper analyzes the recent performance of Latin American labor markets. We find that unemployment rates are on the rise in most countries and sub-regions of Latin America. The rise in unemployment over the 1990s is not driven by a higher proportion of women, adults or urban workers in the labor force, nor can it be attributed to an increasing demand for skilled workers. In a few countries, increasing unemployment is caused by falling employment rates. In the rest, unemployment rates can be explained by a large rise in participation that has not been fully absorbed by increases in employment. We also find that a large and in many countries growing proportion of workers are employed at jobs that pay very low wages. Finally, returns to higher education are increasing while returns to secondary education are declining in almost all countries.
dc.format	59
dc.format	ACROBAT
dc.language	en
dc.subject	Emprego
dc.subject	Labor
dc.subject	Empleo
dc.title	Latin American Labor Markets in the 1990s: Deciphering the Decade
dc.type	Working Papers