Papers presented at the conference on The Impacts of Structural Adjustments on Labour Markets and Income Distribution in Latin America and the Caribbean

Session 1:

The Social Challenge of the New Economic Era in Latin America
Albert Berry, University of Toronto

Income Distribution and the Incidence of Poverty during the Period of Adjustment
Oscar Altimir, ECLAC

Poverty and Distribution in Latin America: Evidence from the Past, Prospects for the Future
Samuel A. Morley, Inter-American Development Bank

Session 2:

The Labour Market and Income Distribution in Argentina
Adriana Marshall, CONICET (Argentina)

Macroeconomic Adjustment and the Labour Market in Brazil (1981-1992)
André Urani, IPEA (Brazil)

Session 3:

Guessing the Income Distribution Effects of Trade Liberalization and Labour Reforms in Colombia
Albert Berry, University of Toronto
Jaime Tenjo, University of Toronto

Trade Liberalization, Income Distribution and Labour Markets in Peru
Gillette Hall, University of Cambridge

Session 4:

Increasing Wage Inequality Accompanies Trade Liberalization in Mexico
Diana Alarcón , Colegio de la Frontera Norte (Mexico)
Terry McKinley, UNDP

The Case of Jamaica
Damián King, University of the West Indies (Jamaica)

Session 5:

Earnings Dispersión in Chile alter Trade Liberalization
Donald J. Robbins, Harvard Institute for International Development

Chile’s Structural Adjustment: Relevant Policy Lessons for Latin America
Luis A. Riveros, University of Chile

Structural Adjustment, Income Distribution and Employment in Ecuador
Carlos Larrea, FLACSO-Ecuador

Session 6:

The Impact of External Adjustment on Labour Markets and Income Distribution: Canada and the U.S.
Albert Berry, University of Toronto
Morley Gunderson, University of Toronto
Clark Reynolds, Stanford University

Labour Market Consequences of the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement
Noel Gaston, Tulane University
Daniel Trefler, University of Toronto