Economic integration across Latin America: Evidence from labour markets, 1990-2013 Academic Article

abstract

• 2018 John Wiley & Sons Ltd Combining macroeconomic and microeconomic data and three indicators of international market integration, this paper assesses the degree to which Latin American labour markets are integrated. The results suggest that relative to East Asia, Latin American labour markets are somewhat more integrated, but considerable differences across countries persist. In addition, the evidence indicates that the degree of labour market integration across Latin American borders is significantly less than that of labour markets within the United States in two of the three indicators. These differences may suggest opportunities for efficiency gains from further labour market integration.

authors

• Robertson, Raymond

published proceedings

• WORLD ECONOMY

author list (cited authors)

• Lederman, D., & Robertson, R.

citation count

• 0

complete list of authors

• Lederman, Daniel||Robertson, Raymond

publication date

• May 2018

publisher

• Wiley  Publisher

published in

• World Economy  Journal

keywords

• Integration
• Labour Markets
• Latin America

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1111/twec.12610

start page

• 1269

end page

• 1287

volume

• 41

issue

• 5

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/twec.12610

user-defined tag

• 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth