Miracle for Whom? - Chilean Workers Under Free Trade

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.

List of contents

Acknowledgements List of Tables List of Figures Chapter One Introduction Chapter Two Understanding Rising Wage Inequality: A Review of the Literature Chapter Three Working in Chile Chapter Four Foreign Competition, Corporate Strategies and Wage Suppression in the Cosmetics Industry Chapter Five When Moving Up the Value Chain Isn't Enough: Temporary Labor in Chile's Agroindustry Chapter Six Rent-hoarding in an Open Economy: The Effects of Free Trade on Low-Skilled Chilean Workers Chapter Seven Summary and Conclusion Appendix One Data Sources Appendix Two Interview Questionnaire References

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.

Summary

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

• Authors: Janine Berg, Berg Janine, Vania Markarian
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.2013
• EAN: 9780415655590
• ISBN: 978-0-415-65559-0
• No. of pages: 195
• Series: New Political Economy; New Political Economy
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Chile, Labour / income economics, Labour Economics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General