The Influence of Workers in the Non-Formal Sector Over the Design of PTAs in Latin America

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Brief Overview

This paper argues that the adjustments required by PTAs decrease the wages of workers in the non-formal sector. As a result, workers in this sector mobilize along sector lines, creating shallower PTAs.

Author

• Ninfa M. Fuentes Sosa, Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economicas (CIDE)