Friday, February 22, 2008
[IWS] IILS: ARGENTINA's NEW ECONOMIC & LABOUR POLICY DIRECTIONS & THEIR IMPACT [2007]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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International Institute for Labour Studies (IILS) at the ILO
Research Series 114
In the wake of the crisis: Argentina's new economic and labour policy directions and their impact [2007]
Marta Novick, Carlos Tomada, Mario Damill, Roberto Frenkel and Roxana Maurizio
Introduction by Juan Somavia
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/download/114e.pdf
[full-text, 144 pages]
Also in Spanish (en Español )
Tras la crisis: El nuevo rumbo de la política económica y laboral en Argentina y su impacto
http://www.ilo.org/public/spanish/bureau/inst/download/114.pdf
Preface by Gerry Rodgers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Introduction by Juan Somavia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Argentina 2003-2006: Economic growth with decent work A new model for Latin America?
by Marta Novick and Carlos Tomada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Executive summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
The European debate and its relevance for Latin America . . . . . . 6
The Argentine experience prior to 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Macro-economic policy and the role of labour . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Labour policies: objectives and strategies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
The agenda of unresolved issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Macroeconomic policy changes in Argentina at the turn of the century
by Mario Damill, Roberto Frenkel and Roxana Maurizio . . . . 51
Executive summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
1. The convertibility regime and the Argentine economy in the nineties . . . . . . . . . . . 57
2. The labour market in the nineties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
3. The post-convertibility macroeconomic regime and performance 74
4. The evolution of employment and unemployment in the recovery phase . . . . . . . . . 105
Bibliography and references . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
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Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
International Institute for Labour Studies (IILS) at the ILO
Research Series 114
In the wake of the crisis: Argentina's new economic and labour policy directions and their impact [2007]
Marta Novick, Carlos Tomada, Mario Damill, Roberto Frenkel and Roxana Maurizio
Introduction by Juan Somavia
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/download/114e.pdf
[full-text, 144 pages]
Also in Spanish (en Español )
Tras la crisis: El nuevo rumbo de la política económica y laboral en Argentina y su impacto
http://www.ilo.org/public/spanish/bureau/inst/download/114.pdf
Preface by Gerry Rodgers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Introduction by Juan Somavia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Argentina 2003-2006: Economic growth with decent work A new model for Latin America?
by Marta Novick and Carlos Tomada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Executive summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
The European debate and its relevance for Latin America . . . . . . 6
The Argentine experience prior to 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Macro-economic policy and the role of labour . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Labour policies: objectives and strategies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
The agenda of unresolved issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Macroeconomic policy changes in Argentina at the turn of the century
by Mario Damill, Roberto Frenkel and Roxana Maurizio . . . . 51
Executive summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
1. The convertibility regime and the Argentine economy in the nineties . . . . . . . . . . . 57
2. The labour market in the nineties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
3. The post-convertibility macroeconomic regime and performance 74
4. The evolution of employment and unemployment in the recovery phase . . . . . . . . . 105
Bibliography and references . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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