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La flexibilidad del mercado de trabajo en América Latina y el Caribe. Aspectos del debate, alguna evidencia y políticas

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Resumen Las características de la regulación del mercado de trabajo son objeto de intenso debate en muchos países. En este trabajo se asume una perspectiva histórica, enfatizando que la eficiencia de una institucionalidad laboral depende de su concordancia con las características económicas, sociales, políticas y culturales específicas de los países. En el primer capítulo se señala que la integración de y la creciente competencia en los mercados exigen que las empresas reaccionen flexiblemente a cambios de su entorno, lo que ha aumentado la presión para una flexibilización de los mercados de trabajo. Sin embargo, como se argumenta en el segundo capítulo, debido a una variedad de factores, el análisis y la medición de la flexibilidad laboral no son sencillos y la flexibilidad máxima no es la óptima. Posteriormente, en los capítulos III y IV se estudian aspectos de la volatilidad macroeconómica y laboral, la movilidad en los mercados de trabajo y la flexibilidad salarial. En el capítulo final se propone un mecanismo de análisis de los principales obstáculos para la generación de empleo de calidad en un contexto específico y se revisa algunas medidas de flexibilización laboral que potencialmente beneficiarían tanto a las empresas como a los trabajadores.

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  • Weller, Jürgen, 2007. "La flexibilidad del mercado de trabajo en América Latina y el Caribe. Aspectos del debate, alguna evidencia y políticas," Macroeconomía del Desarrollo 5429, Naciones Unidas Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL).
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