Labor Markets in Latin America and the Caribbean

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pablo Egaña ◽  
Alejandro Micco
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Labor Markets ◽  
The Caribbean

Better pensions, better jobs: status and alternatives toward universal pension coverage in Latin America and the Caribbean

2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANGEL MELGUIZO ◽  
MARIANO BOSCH ◽  
CARMEN PAGES
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Labor Markets ◽  
Productivity Growth ◽  
Universal Coverage ◽  
Economic Changes ◽  
Current State ◽  
Formal Employment ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Pension Coverage ◽  
Fiscal Space

AbstractThis article offers an overview of the current state of labor markets and pension coverage in a wide sample of Latin America and the Caribbean countries, and proposes a series of possible avenues toward universal coverage, not only as an instrument to fight poverty during old age, but also as part of an agenda for increasing formal employment and productivity growth. We conclude that despite perspectives of low economic growth and reduced fiscal space, the region is going through intense demographic and socio-economic changes, which increase the demand for better jobs and provide a real opportunity for initiating the bold reforms in pensions, labor, and taxes needed to achieve universal coverage.

A Skills Taxonomy for LAC: Lessons Learned and a Roadmap for Future Users

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Álvaro Altamirano ◽  
Nicole Amaral
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Labor Markets ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Classification Systems ◽  
Data Sources ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Level Information ◽  
The Caribbean

This note brings together lessons from the IDBs and other institutions efforts to adapt a skills taxonomy for Latin America and the Caribbean countries. These efforts have focused primarily on the ability to gather and make use of labor market information on skills demand from non-traditional data sources like online job vacancies. Most of these efforts have used the European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations (ESCO) taxonomy to underpin the identification and classification of skills. This note is intended to be a starting point and set of considerations for policymakers who may be considering, or already embarking on, similar efforts to use ESCO or other taxonomical structures to help better analyze, understand and use skills-level information for decision making. It also seeks to motivate the need for additional classification systems that help governments take stock of its citizens skills in increasingly complex and rapidly changing labor markets.

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