Mechanisms for the Formulation and Implementation of Employment Policy in Argentina

Bertranou, Fabio (2014): Mechanisms for the Formulation and Implementation of Employment Policy in Argentina.

Abstract

The paper identifies and assesses the mechanisms used to formulate and to implement the employment policy in Argentina. Specifically, it investigates the range of factors that have had a direct or indirect effect on determining the institutional organization surrounding such policies, as well as the context in which the mechanisms of employment policy have been developed. It also reviews the structure of employment policy and how it functions, as well as the main challenges to its consolidation as a component of a development strategy. The following factors are identified and described: a) mechanisms for tripartite coordination and coordination across jurisdictions and sectors; b) pillars essential to supporting employment policy, such as inspection, vocational education and training, and public employment services, as well as information, management and assessment systems; and c) accountability mechanisms.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: employment policy, labor institutions, coordination mechanisms
• Subjects: J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J5 - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J8 - Labor Standards: National and International; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J8 - Labor Standards: National and International > J88 - Public Policy; P - Economic Systems > P4 - Other Economic Systems > P41 - Planning, Coordination, and Reform

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