Miracle for Whom?: Chilean Workers Under Free Trade

by Janine Berg

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415976336
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/27/2005
Series:	New Political Economy
Pages:	190
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

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