1 The authors gratefully acknowledge the comments of Ricardo Hausmann, Carmen Pagés and Miguel Székely , and the valuable assistance of Mauricio Olivera in furnishing the labor statistics.
A proposal presented to the IADB by Ricardo P. C. Leal, lead researcher, as a reply to the " Corporate Governance in Latin American and the Caribbean " call for
1 The authors gratefully acknowledge the comments of Ricardo Hausmann, Carmen Pagés and Miguel Székely , and the valuable assistance of Mauricio Olivera in furnishing the labor statistics.