Download or read book Job Creation in Latin America in the 1990s written by Barbara Stallings and published by United Nations Publications. This book was released on 2001 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication analyzes labor market trends in Latin America and the Caribbean in the 1990s. It discusses the expectations for labor market performance that were generated by the reform process in the region and provides an overview of what actually happened with respect to participation rates, employment generation, unemployment and wages. The publication also examines a new hypothesis about the differential performance of labor markets in the northern and southern subregions and presents policy recommendations.