Janine Berg

Miracle for Whom?

Chilean Workers Under Free Trade

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Miracle for Whom? offers a fresh and insightful perspective to the debate on rising income inequality in Chile, and on the broader question of how free trade affects the demand for workers in developing countries.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 190
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Oktober 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 161mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 404g
• ISBN-13: 9780415976336
• ISBN-10: 0415976332
• Artikelnr.: 21379369

Autorenporträt

Janine Berg is a Labour Economist with the International Labour Office in Geneva, Switzerland, where she conducts research on labor markets in Latin America. She received her Ph.D. in Economics from the New School for Social Research in New York City.

Inhaltsangabe

AcknowledgementsList of TablesList of FiguresChapter One
IntroductionChapter Two Understanding Rising Wage Inequality: A Review of
the LiteratureChapter Three Working in ChileChapter Four Foreign
Competition, Corporate Strategies and Wage Suppression in the Cosmetics
IndustryChapter Five When Moving Up the Value Chain Isn't Enough: Temporary
Labor in Chile's AgroindustryChapter Six Rent-hoarding in an Open Economy:
The Effects of Free Trade on Low-Skilled Chilean WorkersChapter Seven
Summary and ConclusionAppendix One Data SourcesAppendix Two Interview
QuestionnaireReferences