Economic Liberalization and Labor Markets

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Examining the premise that the process of economic liberalization has had a significant impact on the labour markets of many countries, this contributed volume studies that impact in different countries and regions from both theoretical and applied perspectives. While recognizing that liberalization entails many elements, the book focuses on how structural adjustment policies have contributed to the overall development effort. The first four chapters analyze the relationship between economic liberalization and labour markets, and then investigate this relationship within broader regions, such as North-South, transition economies, and Africa. The remaining chapters provide case studies of Greece, Chile, Argentina, Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago, and Turkey. All the country chapters treat political economy issues and related policy conclusions. Stressing the interrelationships between liberalization and labour markets, the chapters discuss the importance of institutional, political and legal factors in considering the effects of liberalization policies on the structure of labour markets and its participants.

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PARVIZ DABIR-ALAI is a Senior Lecturer in Economics at Richmond - The American International University in London. He has 15 years of teaching, research, and writing experience and has served as a consultant for the Inter-American Development Bank. MEHMET ODEKON is Associate Professor of Economics at Skidmore College. He is the coeditor of Liberalization and the Turkish Economy (Greenwood, 1988).