Human Resources, Employment and Development: Volume 4 Latin America

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Economic-demographic Determinants of Labour Supply in Latin America: Some Preliminary Findings....Pages 3-24
Technology and Labour Productivity Patterns in the Manufacturing Industries of Less Industrialised Countries....Pages 25-40
Urban Labour Markets in Developing Countries....Pages 41-54
The Relative Economic Position of Migrants and Natives in Colombia: An Economic Analysis of the 1973 Census Sample....Pages 55-78
Interstate Population Expulsion and Policies for its Reorientation in Mexico: A Preliminary Study....Pages 79-90
Internal Migration and the Formation of Labour Markets in Mexico....Pages 91-107
Front Matter....Pages 109-109
Overall Employment and Income Strategies....Pages 111-130
Employment and Income Distribution Constraints in Latin America....Pages 131-150
Labour Market Dynamics and Income Distribution in Latin America....Pages 151-173
Agrarian Structure, Rural Labour Markets and Trends in Rural Incomes in Latin America....Pages 174-194
Employment and Wages in Industry: The Case of Brazil....Pages 195-210
The Role of Education in the Urban Labour Market in Developing Countries: The Case of Colombia....Pages 211-235
Distribution of Income and Patterns of Consumption in Mexico: Empirical Testing of some Latin American Structuralist Hypotheses....Pages 236-251
Returns to Schooling in the Metropolitan Area of Monterrey: An Analysis of its Behaviour over Time, 1975–79....Pages 252-265
Women’s Labour Force Participation and Earnings Determinants in a Developing Country....Pages 266-276
Front Matter....Pages 277-277
Poverty in Latin America: An Examination of the Evidence....Pages 279-298
Latin America: Demographic Problems and Socio-economic Development....Pages 299-310
The Short-run Potential for Employment Generation of Installed Capacity in Latin America....Pages 311-347
Employment and the Allocation of Resources: Mexico....Pages 348-361
Development and Employment Models in Argentina: A Longterm View of their Relations....Pages 362-386
Front Matter....Pages 277-277
Economically Active Population, Unemployment Rates and Aggregate Demand: Recent Argentine Experience in Pursuit of a Theory....Pages 387-405
Employment and Development in Latin America....Pages 406-423
Back Matter....Pages 424-429