Abstract
In this chapter, I evaluate to what extent democracy has benefitted workers economically. A comparison of trends in monthly wages in autocracies, new democracies, and established democracies (1983 to 2003) reveals that levels of labor compensation in new democracies continue to lag behind levels of compensation in established democracies. The chapter then evaluates the extent of labor incorporation and labor market regulation in emerging democracies. This begins to shed light on why compensation has lagged or remains stagnant in some countries.
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© 2010 José A. Alemán
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Alemán, J.A. (2010). Democratization and Socioeconomic Security. In: Labor Relations in New Democracies. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230106284_3
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