Unions And Economic Performance In Developing Countries: Case Studies From Latin America

This paper analyzes the economic impact of unions on productivity in the manufacturing sector across six Latin American countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Mexico, Uruguay, and Panama. Using an augmented Cobb-Douglas production function, the paper finds that unions have positive, but mostly small,...

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Rios-Avila, Fernando
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Unions
Productivity
Profitability
Investment
Latin America
Developing Countries
Sindicatos
Productividad
América latina
Países en desarrollo
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dc.title.eng.fl_str_mv Unions And Economic Performance In Developing Countries: Case Studies From Latin America
dc.title.spa.fl_str_mv Los sindicatos y rendimiento económico en los países en desarrollo: Estudios de Casos de América Latina
title Unions And Economic Performance In Developing Countries: Case Studies From Latin America
spellingShingle Unions And Economic Performance In Developing Countries: Case Studies From Latin America
J50
L1
O54
Unions
Productivity
Profitability
Investment
Latin America
Developing Countries
Sindicatos
Productividad
América latina
Países en desarrollo
title_short Unions And Economic Performance In Developing Countries: Case Studies From Latin America
title_full Unions And Economic Performance In Developing Countries: Case Studies From Latin America
title_fullStr Unions And Economic Performance In Developing Countries: Case Studies From Latin America
title_full_unstemmed Unions And Economic Performance In Developing Countries: Case Studies From Latin America
title_sort Unions And Economic Performance In Developing Countries: Case Studies From Latin America
dc.creator.fl_str_mv Rios-Avila, Fernando
dc.contributor.author.spa.fl_str_mv Rios-Avila, Fernando
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L1
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topic J50
L1
O54
Unions
Productivity
Profitability
Investment
Latin America
Developing Countries
Sindicatos
Productividad
América latina
Países en desarrollo
dc.subject.keyword.eng.fl_str_mv Unions
Productivity
Profitability
Investment
Latin America
Developing Countries
dc.subject.keyword.spa.fl_str_mv Sindicatos
Productividad
América latina
Países en desarrollo
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