Bio
Jacqueline Mazza is Senior Adjunct Professor of International Development at SAIS Europe
Senior Adjunct Professor of Latin American Studies and Development, The Johns Hopkins Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Washington
Previously Principal Labor Markets Specialist, Labor Markets Unit, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) (1993-2014). For the past 15 years Prof. Mazza has taught U.S. foreign policy towards Latin America, development, and labor markets at SAIS Washington; she has over 30 years of research and multilateral development experience and is a recognized regional expert in the fields of employment, training, labor migration, social inclusion and labor policy. PhD, The Johns Hopkins University, SAIS. Mazza is the author of numerous books and publications in labor markets, social policy and Latin American democratic development.
Courses
- Labor Market Policies in Developing Countries
This course will advance student learning on labor markets in developing countries and examine the range of policies that can be employed to improve employment outcomes and human capital development. The course will focus not only labor market policies but also on more integrated policies linked with labor markets such as social policy and economic development. Active labor market polices – job finding/intermediation services, training, and wage subsidies in particular – are being adapted in developing countries to improve employment outcomes, in some cases with better performance than in the advanced nations. Latin America has had particular success in youth training which requires, not training for training's sake, but demand-based training that leads to employment or a return to school.
This course will enable students to analyze, critique and apply a rethinking of social, economic and labor market policies to distinct developing country contexts examining in particular on how or whether these policies can support the poor towards better employment as a principal exit to poverty. Students will be analyzing the principal literature and studies in this emerging field and discussing the performance of these policies in distinct country contexts as this field defies model answers given such different contexts of high informality, urban/rural-driven economies, high youth unemployment or idleness or outmigration, to name a few factors. (Cross listed International Development/Latin American Studies)
