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Economic Development and Labor Markets Segmentation in the Latin American Periphery*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Victor E. Tokman
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Segmentation in the labor markets refers to the fact that a single homogeneous market for labor, as assumed by conventional theory, does not exist. Its definition varies according to different authors. This article will refer to the concept as it is used in the discussion of economic development in Latin America: that is, that created by the type of development which generates a segmentation of the productive structure and, in turn, of the labor markets.

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Research Article
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Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs , Volume 31 , Issue 1-2: Special Issue: Latin America at the Crossroads: Major Public Policy Issues , Spring/Summer 1989 , pp. 23 - 48
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Copyright © University of Miami 1989

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This paper was first presented at the International Conference on Economic Development and Labor Market Segmentation, held at the University of Notre Dame, 17-20 April 1988, and co-sponsored by the Department of Economics and the Helen Kellog Institute for International Studies of that institution.

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