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Labor market trends in a low and heterogeneous productivity country. Evidence from Argentina’s manufacturing

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  • Juan M. Graña

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During Substitution Industrialization (1930-1975), wages rose, and unemployment and poverty were low. During the "neoliberal process" (1976-2002) the liberalization of the goods and financial markets resulted in the regression of the productive structure, high unemployment and the decline of real wages. Finally, since the collapse of 2002, Argentina has had enormous success in terms of unemployment, with limited achievements in wages or poverty. This paper tries to answer why Argentina faces difficulties to return to past labor market figures highlighting the process of capital differentiation and the new international division of labor. JEL Classification: E24; O54; O11; J31; L60.

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  • Juan M. Graña, 2018. "Labor market trends in a low and heterogeneous productivity country. Evidence from Argentina’s manufacturing," Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, Center of Political Economy, vol. 38(2), pages 358-376.
    • Handle: RePEc:ekm:repojs:v:38:y:2018:i:2:p:358-376:id:73
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    1. Maria Celeste Gomez & Maria Enrica Virgillito, 2022. "Wages and productivity in Argentinian manufacturing. A structuralist and distributional firm-level analysis," LEM Papers Series 2022/37, Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM), Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy.

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    Keywords

    Real wage; productivity; development theory; manufacturing sector; international comparison; Argentina;
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    JEL classification:

    • E24 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity
    • O54 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Latin America; Caribbean
    • O11 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
    • J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
    • L60 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Manufacturing - - - General

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