Table Of ContentLabor Markets in an Era of Adjustment.
title:
Vol. 2 EDI Development Studies
Horton, Susan.; Kanbur, S. M. Ravi.;
author:
Mazumdar, Dipak
publisher: World Bank
isbn10 | asin: 0821326813
print isbn13: 9780821326817
ebook isbn13: 9780585240343
language: English
Labor market--Developing countries--
Congresses, Structural adjustment
(Economic policy)--Developing countries--
subject Congresses, Labor market--Developing
countries--Case studies--Congresses,
Structural adjustment (Economic policy)--
Developing countries--Case st
publication date: 1994
lcc: HD5852.H67 1994eb
ddc: 331.12/09172/6
Labor market--Developing countries--
Congresses, Structural adjustment
(Economic policy)--Developing countries--
subject: Congresses, Labor market--Developing
countries--Case studies--Congresses,
Structural adjustment (Economic policy)--
Developing countries--Case st
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Labor Markets in an Era of Adjustment
Volume 2
Case Studies
EDI Development Studies
Edited by
Susan Horton
Ravi Kanbur
Dipak Mazumdar
Page ii
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Horton, Susan.
Labor markets in an era of adjustment / Susan Horton, Ravi Kanbur,
Dipak Mazumdar.
p. cm.(EDI development studies)
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents: v. 1. Issues papersv. 2. Case studies.
ISBN 0-8213-2680-5 (v.1).ISBN 0-8213-2681-3 (v. 2)
1. Labor marketDeveloping countriesCongresses. 2. Structural
adjustment (Economic policy)Developing countriesCongresses.
3. Labor marketDeveloping countries
Case studiesCongresses.
4. Structural adjustment (Economic policy)Developing countries
Case studiesCongresses. I. Kanbur, S.M. Ravi. II. Mazumdar,
Dipak, 1932. III. Title. IV. Series.
HD5852 93-34978
331.12'09l72'6-dc20 CIP
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Contents
Volume 2:Case Studies
Foreword v
Acknowledgments vii
Preface ix
Abbreviations and Acronyms xiii
1. Labor Markets in an Era of Adjustment: An Overview 1
Susan Horton, Ravi Kanbur, and Dipak Mazumdar
2. Argentina 61
Luis A. Riveros and Carlos E. Sánchez
3. Bolivia 99
Susan Horton
4. Brazil 143
M. Louise Fox, Edward Amadeo, and Jose Marcio
Camargo
5. Chile 169
Luis A. Riveros
6. Costa Rica 277
T. H. Gindling and Albert Berry
7. Côte d'lvoire 259
Richard Blundell, Christopher Heady, and Rohinton
Medhora
8. Egypt 317
Ragui Assaad and Simon Commander
9. Ghana 357
P. Beaudry and N. K. Sowa
10. Kenya 405
William J. Milne and Monica Neitzert
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11. Malaysia 459
Dipak Mazumdar
12. The Republic of Korea 535
Dipak Mazumdar
13. Thailand 555
Chalongphob Sussangkarn
Index 613
VOLUME 1. ISSUES PAPERS
Labor Markets in an Era of Adjustment: An Overview
Susan Horton, Ravi Kanbur, and Dipak Mazumdar
1. Recent Developments in the Developed-Country Literature
on Labor Markets and the Implications for Developing
Countries
Jean-Paul Azam
2. Labor Market Distortions and Structural Adjustment in
Developing Countries
Alejandra Cox Edwards and Sebastian Edwards
3. The Poverty Effects of Adjustment with Labor Market
Imperfections
Tony Addison and Lionel Demery
4. Wage Indexation, Adjustment, and Inflation
Michael B. Devereux
5. The Long-Run Consequences of Short-Run Stabilization
Policy
Edward F. Buffie
6. Gender Aspects of Labor Allocation during Structural
Adjustment
Paul Collier, A. C. Edwards, J. Roberts, and Kalpana Bardhan
7. Organized Labor, Politics, and Labor Market Flexibility in
Developing Countries
Joan M. Nelson
