Labour costs and competitiveness in the Latin American manufacturing sector, 1990-1998

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cepal.topicSpaPRODUCTIVIDAD
dc.contributor.authorTokman, Víctor E.
dc.contributor.authorMartínez, Daniel
dc.coverage.spatialEngARGENTINA
dc.coverage.spatialEngBRAZIL
dc.coverage.spatialEngCHILE
dc.coverage.spatialEngCOLOMBIA
dc.coverage.spatialEngLATIN AMERICA
dc.coverage.spatialEngMEXICO
dc.coverage.spatialSpaAMERICA LATINA
dc.coverage.spatialSpaARGENTINA
dc.coverage.spatialSpaBRASIL
dc.coverage.spatialSpaCHILE
dc.coverage.spatialSpaCOLOMBIA
dc.coverage.spatialSpaMEXICO
dc.date.accessioned2014-01-02T18:42:23Z
dc.date.available2014-01-02T18:42:23Z
dc.date.issued1999-12
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliography
dc.description.abstractThis article analyses the reduction of labour costs as a factor which helps to raise the competitiveness of industrial enterprises. It first reviews non-wage labour costs, both for workers with permanent contracts and those with only temporary contracts, or with no contracts at all, in order to show the differences that exist in non-wage labour costs according to the type of contract of the workers or their unregistered status, and the impact of these differences on the labour costs for each type of worker and the average labour costs. It then goes on to consider the evolution of labour costs in industry and the different levels they assume according to the deflator used, because of the changes in relative prices which accompanied the early years of the economic and trade openness process which has taken place in the region. It then analyses the evolution of labour costs in industry by type of contract and the changes in the average labour costs in the sector brought about by the dual strategy of reducing non-wage labour costs and changing the contract structure of industrial employment; describes the effect of exchange-rate lag on average labour costs and competitiveness, and calculates how the latter would have evolved if there had not been such a lag. Finally, some proposals are made for raising the competitiveness of labour in the countries of the region.
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11362/10696
dc.language.isoeng
dc.physicalDescriptionp. 51-68
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dc.subject.unbisEngCASE STUDIES
dc.subject.unbisEngCOMPETITION
dc.subject.unbisEngFOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
dc.subject.unbisEngLABOUR COSTS
dc.subject.unbisEngLABOUR MARKET
dc.subject.unbisEngLABOUR PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subject.unbisEngPRODUCTION COSTS
dc.subject.unbisEngPRODUCTIVITY
dc.subject.unbisSpaCOMPETENCIA
dc.subject.unbisSpaCOSTOS DE LA MANO DE OBRA
dc.subject.unbisSpaCOSTOS DE PRODUCCION
dc.subject.unbisSpaESTUDIOS DE CASOS
dc.subject.unbisSpaMERCADO DE TRABAJO
dc.subject.unbisSpaPRODUCTIVIDAD DEL TRABAJO
dc.subject.unbisSpaPRODUCTIVIDAD
dc.subject.unbisSpaTIPOS DE CAMBIO
dc.titleLabour costs and competitiveness in the Latin American manufacturing sector, 1990-1998
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