Reading Materials

Latin America’s Development and Labour Markets

Dr Kirsten Sehnbruch

Note that all items marked ® can be found in the reader. All journal articles can be obtained
through the electronic resources on the Berkeley library website. Other papers can be
downloaded directly from the internet or from the CLAS website.

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Latin America and East Asia to ‘demand-adapt’ and ‘supply-upgrade’ their export productive
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Palma, G. 2003. The Mexican Economy since Trade Liberalisation and NAFTA. Working Paper,
University of Cambridge. ®
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Edwards and N. Lustig (eds.) Labour Markets in Latin America, Brookings Institution Press,
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Sehnbruch, K. 2006. The Chilean Labor Market, Palgrave Macmillan: Chapters 2, 6, 7 ®

Sen, A. 1997a. Development thinking at the Beginning of the 21st Century, LSE working paper,
Suntory Centre
Sen, A. 1997b. What’s the Point of a Development Strategy?, LSE working paper, Suntory Centre
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Thorp, Rosemary. 1998. Progress, Poverty and Exclusion: An Economic History of Latin America in
the 20th Century. IBD/John Hopkins. (Basic overview of Latin America’s economic
development history.) Buy.
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Working Paper, The Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, University of California, San
Diego.
Weller, J. (2000b) Employment trends in Latin America and the Caribbean during the 1990s, Cepal
Review, No. 72: 31-51
Books on hold in the Moffitt Library
Abel, C. and C. Lewis. 2002. Exclusion and Engagement: Social Policy in Latin America. London:
Institute for Latin American Studies.
Berins Collier, R. and D. Collier. 2002. Shaping the Political Arena. University of Notre Dame Press.
Bulmer-Thomas, Victor (ed.) The New Economic Model in Latin America and its Impact on Income
Distribution and Poverty, ILAS, Macmillan
Bulmer-Thomas, Victor. 1994. The Economic History of Latin America since Independence.
Cambridge University Press.
Cardoso, Eliana and Ann Helwege. 1995. Latin America’s Economy: Diversity, Trends and Conflicts.
MIT Press.
Cook, M. L. 2006 The Politics of Labour Reform in Latin America, Between Flexibility and Rights. Penn
State Press.
Cravey, A. J. 1998. Women and Mexico’s Mauiladoras. Rowman and Littlefield.
Cypher, J. and J. Dietz. 1997. The Process of Economic Development, Routledge London and New
York
S. Edwards and N. Lustig (eds.) 1997. Labour Markets in Latin America, Brookings Institution Press,
Washington D.C.
Esping-Andersen, G. and M. Regini. 2000. Why deregulate Labour Markets? Oxford and New York:
Oxford University Press.
Ffrench-Davis, R., O. Muñoz and J. G. Palma. 1998. The Latin American economies, 1950-1990, in L.
Bethell (ed.) Latin America Economy and Society since 1930, Cambridge University Press
Franko, P. 1999. The Puzzle of Latin American Development. Rowman and Littlefield.
Hershberg, E. and F. Rosen. 2006. Latin America after Neoliberalism. The New Press and NACLA.
Inter-American Development Bank. 2004. Good Jobs, Washington: IDB.
Jolly, R. and S. Mehrota. Development with a Human Face. Oxford University Press
Kline, H. and H. Wiarda. Latin American Politics and Development.
Krauss, C. 1991. Inside Central America: Its People, Politics and History.
G. Márquez. Reforming the Labor Market in a Liberalized Economy . IBD: Washington
Thorpe, Rosemary. 1998. Progress, Poverty and Exclusion: An Economic History of Latin America in
the 20th Century. John Hopkins University Press and IDB.
Williamson, Edwin. 1992. The Penguin History of Latin America. Penguin.

Books you should buy

Skidmore, Thomas and Peter Smith. 2004. Modern Latin America. Oxford University Press. (A great
basis overview of Latin America’s development history with individual country chapters.)
Thorp, Rosemary. 1998. Progress, Poverty and Exclusion: An Economic History of Latin America in
the 20th Century. IBD/John Hopkins. (Basic overview of Latin America’s economic
development history.)
Books you may want to buy
Franko, P. The Puzzle of Latin American Development (A slightly less basic overview of Latin
America’s development history that includes chapters on poverty and income distribution, for
example.)
IBD. 2004. Good Jobs. IBD: Washington. (This publication will provide you with a good summary of
what’s currently going on in Latin America’s labour markets)
Hershberg and Rosen. 2006. Latin America after Neoliberalism. The New Press and NACLA. (Best
overview of the issues affecting Latin America at present)

Materials for Specific Countries

• Economist Intelligence Unit: Country Profiles. Available through the Berkeley Library website. Do not
confuse the Country with the Country
• You will find books on the history of most Latin American countries in the UC Berkeley Library, eg.
the Palgrave Macmillan “Short History of Argentina”, etc.
Books with Chapters on Specific countries:
Skidmore and Smith: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Peru and brief chapters on
Caribbean and Central American countries
Williamson: Mexico, Brazil, Cuba, Argentina, Chile
Kline and Wiarda: Chapters on the Political Systems of the following countries, which provide useful
background material: Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Uruguay, Paraguay,
Bolivia, Ecuador, Mexico, Cuba, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras,
The Dominican Republic, Panama and Haiti.
Clifford Krauss: Inside Central America: Its People, Politics and History (1991). This book is not as up
to date, but provides useful background information on countries about which less has been
written: Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Honduras and Panama.
For your ipods: George Pendle: A history of Latin America. 1965.
One of my personal favourites. Downloadable as an audiobook. This book (if you ignore its
Spanish mispronunciations) is a classic. Extremely well written, the story it tells of individual
Latin American countries is fascinating and full of lively anecdotes, and will provide you with
an entertaining account of the continent. At least as entertaining is the fact that it was written
in the days before political correctness. It expresses all the prejudices of its age with regard to
Latin America freely, which will help you understand how the continent was viewed by its
northern conquerors, colonialists, trading partners and neighbours. Thus, from a
historiographical point of view, it will give you invaluable insights into how and why the
continent developed in its own particular way.

Argentina
Cook, M. L. 2006 The Politics of Labour Reform in Latin America, Between Flexibility and Rights. Penn
State Press.
Gallo, A., J.-P. Stegmann and J. Stegall. 2006. The Role of Political Institutions in the Resolution of
Economic Crises: The Case of Argentina, 2001-2005. Oxford Development Studies, Vol. 34, No.
2.
González-Rozada, M. and A. Menendez. 2006. Why have Urban Poverty and Income Inequality
Increased so Much? Argentina, 1991-2001. Economic Development and Cultural Change, Vol.
55. No. 1.
Hopenhayn, H. Labor Market Policies and Employment Duration: The Effects of labour market Reform
in Argentina. In J. Heckman and C. Pagés (eds). Law and Employment: Lessons from Latin
America and the Caribbean. IDB/NBER.
Marshall, A. 2004. Causes of Rising Wage Inequality in the 1990s: Evidence from the Argentine
Manufacturing Sector. In G. Indart (ed.) Economic Reforms, Growth and Inequality in Latin
America. Ashgate.
Pessino, Carola. 1997. Argentina: The Labor Market during the Economic Transition, , in S. Edwards
and N. Lustig (eds.) Labour Markets in Latin America, Brookings Institution Press, Washington
D.C.
Bolivia
Cook, M. L. 2006 The Politics of Labour Reform in Latin America, Between Flexibility and Rights. Penn
State Press.
Brazil
Amadeo, E. and J. M. Camargo. 1997. Brazil: Regulation and Flexibility in the Labor Market, in S.
Edwards and N. Lustig (eds.) Labour Markets in Latin America, Brookings Institution Press,
Washington D.C.
Amann, E. and W. Baer. 2006. Economic Orthodoxy Versus Social Development? The Dilemmas
Facing Brazil’s Labour Government. Oxford Development Studies, Vol. 314, No. 2.
Cook, M. L. 2006 The Politics of Labour Reform in Latin America, Between Flexibility and Rights. Penn
State Press.
Doctor, M. 2007. Boosting Investment and Growth: The Role of Social Pacts in the Brazilian
Automotive Industry. Oxford Development Studies, Vol. 35, No. 1.
Chile
Campero, G. 2000. “Union Organization and Labor Relations.” In C. Toloza and E. Lahera (eds.) Chile
in the Nineties, Stanford University Press.
Cook, M. L. 2006 The Politics of Labour Reform in Latin America, Between Flexibility and Rights. Penn
State Press.
Echevarría, C., P. González and P. Romaguera. 1996. Chile, in G. Márquez. Reforming the Labor
Market in a Liberalized Economy . IBD: Washington
Gill, I. and C. Montenegro (1998) Is Chile’s Labour Market Serving the Poor as well as the Rich?,
Worldbank, Washington DC, USA
Sehnbruch, K. 2006. The Chilean Labor Market, Palgrave Macmillan
Colombia
Berins Collier, R. and D. Collier. 2002. Shaping the Political Arena. University of Notre Dame Press.
Cárdenas, M. 2003. Determinants of Labour Demand in Colombia. In J. Heckman and C. Pagés (eds).
Law and Employment: Lessons from Latin America and the Caribbean. IDB/NBER.
Kugler, A. 2003. The Effect of Job Security Regulations on Labour Market Flexibility: Evidence from
the Colombian Labour Market. In J. Heckman and C. Pagés (eds). Law and Employment:
Lessons from Latin America and the Caribbean. IDB/NBER.
Lora, Eduardo and Marta Luz Henao. 1997. Colombia: The Evolution and Reform of the Labor Market,
in S. Edwards and N. Lustig (eds.) Labour Markets in Latin America, Brookings Institution
Press, Washington D.C.
Costa Rica
El-Hamidi, F. and K. Terrell. 2004. The Impact of Minimum Wages on Wage Inequality and
Employment in Costa Rica. In G. Indart (ed.) Economic Reforms, Growth and Inequality in Latin
America. Ashgate.
Garnier, L. et al. 1998. Costa Rica: Social Development and Heterodox Adjustment. In R. Jolly and S.
Mehrota. Development with a Human Face. Oxford University Press
Mesa-Lago, C. 2000. Market, Socialist and Mixed Economies. John Hopkins University Press.
Cuba
Mehrota, S. 1998. Human Development in Cuba: Growing Risk of Reversal. In R. Jolly and S.
Mehrota. Development with a Human Face. Oxford University Press
Mesa-Lago, C. 2000. Market, Socialist and Mixed Economies. John Hopkins University Press.
Mexico
Alarcón, D. and E. Zepeda. 2004. Economic Reform or Social Development? The Challenges of a
Period of Reform in Latin America: A Case Study of Mexico. In G. Indart (ed.) Economic
Reforms, Growth and Inequality in Latin America. Ashgate.
Cook, M. L. 2006 The Politics of Labour Reform in Latin America, Between Flexibility and Rights. Penn
State Press.
Cravey, A. J. 1998. Women and Mexico’s Mauiladoras. Rowman and Littlefield. Chapters 2-5.
Dávila, Enrique R. Mexico: The Evolution and Reform of the Labor Market, in S. Edwards and N.
Lustig (eds.) Labour Markets in Latin America, Brookings Institution Press, Washington D.C.
La Botz, D. 1992. Mask of Democracy. Labor Suppression in Mexico Today. ILRERF.
Peru
Berins Collier, R. and D. Collier. 2002. Shaping the Political Arena. University of Notre Dame Press.
Cook, M. L. 2006 The Politics of Labour Reform in Latin America, Between Flexibility and Rights. Penn
State Press.
Saavedra, J. and M. Torero. 2003. Labour Market Reforms and their Impact over Formal Labour
Demand and Job Market Turnover: The Case of Peru. . In J. Heckman and C. Pagés (eds). Law
and Employment: Lessons from Latin America and the Caribbean. IDB/NBER.
Uruguay
Allen, S., A. Cassoni and G. Labadie. 1996. Uruguay, in G. Márquez. Reforming the Labor Market in a
Liberalized Economy. IBD: Washington
Allen, S., A. Cassoni and G. Labadie. 2000. Unions and Employment in Uruguay. . In J. Heckman and
C. Pagés (eds). Law and Employment: Lessons from Latin America and the Caribbean.
IDB/NBER.
Berins Collier, R. and D. Collier. 2002. Shaping the Political Arena. University of Notre Dame Press.
Venezuela
Berins Collier, R. and D. Collier. 2002. Shaping the Political Arena. University of Notre Dame Press.
Betancourt, K. G. Marquez and S. Freije. 1996. Venezuela, in G. Márquez. Reforming the Labor
Market in a Liberalized Economy . IBD: Washington
Márquez, G. and C. Alvarez. 1996. Poverty and the Labor Market in Venezuela. 1982-1995. IBD:
Washington.