02506cam a22003614a 4500001000400000003001500004005001700019006001900036007001500055008004100070020002600111020001800137024002600155035002400181100002700205245011400232260004600346300003000392520131100422588004701733650001701780650004501797650002301842650003701865650001801902650001901920650002401939650003301963700002701996776003402023830002602057856006102083718The World Bank20260707185057.0m        d        cr cn|||||||||020129s1995    dcu     o    i001 0 eng    a0821333488c14.99 USD  z97808213334888 a10.1596/0-8213-3348-8  a(The World Bank)7181 aCox Edwards, Alejandra10aLabor and Economic Reforms in Latin America and the Caribbeanh[electronic resource] :cAlejandra Cox Edwards  aWashington, D.C. :bThe World Bank,c1995  a1 online resource (40 p.)  aOver the past decade, most countries in the Latin America and Caribbean Region have stabilized their economies and lowered barriers to international trade. Many of the policies aimed at reducing poverty and tackling inequality in the 1960-1980 period were well intentioned, but the region made little or no progress in improving income distribution. With the recent shift toward market orientation and openness to international trade, these countries will need a new approach to labor policy as well as different instruments for addressing income distribution goals. This report gives special attention to four areas of labor policy: 1) change from direct government intervention in wage determination and strict seniority rules to a system that rewards effort, high productivity, and good management within a framework that relies on voluntary negotiation of working conditions between workers and firms; 2) replacement of job security legislation by a more effective mechanism that protects workers when they change jobs; 3) careful design of mandatory contributions to social security and other programs in order to minimize the distortionary effect of labor taxes; and 4) redirecting of government subsidies for training and education to the demand side and targeting to those who cannot afford to pay.  aDescription based on print version record. 4aDebt Markets 4aFinance and Financial Sector Development 4aFinancial Literacy 4aHealth, Nutrition and Population 4aLabor Markets 4aLabor Policies 4aPopulation Policies 4aSocial Protections and Labor1 aCox Edwards, Alejandra08aPrint Version:z9780821333488 0aWorld Bank e-Library.40uhttp://elibrary.worldbank.org/content/book/9780821333488