How Do Migrants from Latin America and the Caribbean Fare in the U.S. Labor Market?

2018 ◽  
pp. 175-215
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Labor Market ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
The U.S

Soviet Interests in Latin America: New Opportunities and Old Constraints

1984 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-198 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Raymond Duncan
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Caribbean Basin ◽  
Soviet Policy ◽  
Policy Responses ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
The U.S

The October 1983 crisis in Grenada left little doubt that the Soviet and Cuban presence had been expanding in the Caribbean basin. But the October crisis did not answer questions regarding the extent of their actual influence there, nor the direction it might take in the future, nor even what the most appropriate U.S. policy responses should be to that influence elsewhere in the region. Therefore, in the wake of the U.S. occupation of Grenada and the evidence it uncovered about the degree of Soviet and Cuban activity there, it is useful to examine the kind of situations that have encouraged the Soviets to expand their presence and/or influence in Latin America. At the same time, it equally is useful to examine the limitations or constraints on such an expanded presence or influence.Clearly, Soviet policy in Latin America has been the product of two conflicting forces or tendencies.

Labor Market Trajectories in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Synthetic Panel Analysis

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carla Calero ◽  
Juan Mejalenko ◽  
Oscar Mitnik ◽  
Laura Ripani
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Labor Market ◽  
Panel Analysis ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Synthetic Panel

Remittances from the U.S. to Latin America and the Caribbean: Following the Money Journey

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xavier Martin ◽  
Danielle Sobol ◽  
Barbara Magnoni ◽  
Elizabeth Burgess
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
The U.S

scholarly journals Labor Market Dynamics, Informality and Regulations in Latin America

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (20) ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio David ◽  
Samuel Pienknagura ◽  
Jorge Roldos
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Labor Market ◽  
Job Creation ◽  
Employment Protection ◽  
Medium Term ◽  
Job Destruction ◽  
Speed Of Adjustment ◽  
Labor Market Dynamics ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Labor Market Regulations

Labor markets in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) are characterized by high levels of informality and relatively rigid regulation. This paper shows that these two features are related and together make the speed of adjustment of employment to shocks slower, especially when regulations are tightly enforced. Evidence suggests that strict labor market regulations also have an adverse effect on medium-term growth. While both regulations on prices (minimum wages) and quantities (employment protection) decrease the speed of adjustment to shocks, they appear to be binding in different phases of the cycle—the former affects mostly the (net) job creation margin and the latter the (net) job destruction margin. The results also highlight possible interactions between labor market regulations and the effectiveness of macro-stabilization tools—including exchange rate depreciation.

Soviet Political Uses of Trade with Latin America

1985 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 99-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert K. Evanson
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Central America ◽  
Developing World ◽  
Western Hemisphere ◽  
The Other ◽  
Military Aid ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Trade Credits ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
The U.S

This Essay examines Soviet uses of economic trade for political and diplomatic purposes in Latin America. Recent events in Central America and the Caribbean have generated a great number of analyses of Soviet goals and tactics in the Western Hemisphere (Duncan, 1984; Leiken, 1984; Rothenberg, 1984; Varas, 1984; Valenta, 1982). Direct Soviet military aid to Nicaragua, and to Grenada prior to the U.S. invasion in 1983, has suggested a more forward Soviet role in the region. On the other hand, Soviet arms shipments to Latin America, excepting those to Cuba, are a relatively recent response to revolutionary developments that may prove to be ephemeral, or which may encounter stiff U.S. resistance. Given geopolitical realities of the area, the Soviet military option certainly is less viable in Latin America than elsewhere in the developing world. In contrast, trade and aid – and Soviet aid is given chiefly in the form of trade credits – are a long-established, politically safe tactical alternative.

Conclusions and Comparisons to Developments in Central and Southeast Asia

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
David B. H. Denoon
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Power Politics ◽  
Political Incentives ◽  
The Status ◽  
Great Power Politics ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Chinese Trade ◽  
Rising Power ◽  
The U.S

The concluding chapter examines the U.S.-China relations from both economic and geopolitical perspectives in Latin America and Caribbean, and also in a broader context, namely, Central Asia, Southeast Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean. China, as the rising power in Latin America and the Caribbean, is using economic and political incentives to explore how best to maximize its interests in a region, which is formerly dominated by the U.S. The U.S., on the other hand, as the status quo power in the region, finds low levels of Chinese trade and investment unthreatening, yet is likely to respond to China’s potential geopolitical ambitions in the region. In the broader context, great power politics is alive and well—both China and the U.S. are faced with their own domestic challenges influencing their presences in the three regions.

Is China Becoming a Hegemonic Challenge in Latin America and the Caribbean? A Political Economy Analysis of the Nicaragua Interoceanic Canal Project

2017 ◽  
Vol 53 (01) ◽  
pp. 1740002
Author(s):  
YEN-PIN SU ◽  
OSCAR-RENÉ VARGAS DELGADO
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Empirical Evaluation ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Chinese Banks ◽  
Political Economy Analysis ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
The U.S ◽  
Interoceanic Canal

In this article, we provide a theoretical and empirical evaluation of the argument that China is becoming a hegemonic challenge in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). We argue that, while there is a trend that China has become increasingly dominant in the economic affairs of LAC, the perceived strength of China as a challenger to the U.S. hegemony is shaped by different strategies of Chinese involvement. Focusing on the financing arrangement for infrastructure projects, our case study of the Nicaragua Interoceanic Canal project shows that the challenge that China has posed to the U.S. hegemony might not be as strong as expected. We analyze the controversies revolving around the Canal project and examine how local communities have responded to the project. We conclude that, while the Nicaragua Interoceanic Canal project is ambitious, its success depends on how much support the PRC government and Chinese banks provide and how well the Nicaraguan government addresses the various concerns of the local communities.

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