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Guillermo Montt

International Labour Organization (ILO), Switzerland

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Author

Current position

Social protection specialist, Office for the Southern Cone of Latin America, International Labour Organization (ILO)

Research interest

Labour economics, social protection, future of work, transitions, informality

Positions/functions as a policy advisor

Social protection specialist, ILO, Santiago, Chile; Project manager, ILO, Islamabad, Pakistan; Senior economist, ILO, Geneva, Switzerland

Qualifications

PhD Sociology, University of Notre Dame, 2012

Selected publications

  • "Pensions and labour organization in Latin America: a waning connection." In Ramia, G. et al., Research Handbook on Social Policy and Employment. Elgaronline (2025) (with A. Biehl)

  • "Does Conservation Agriculture Change Labour Requirements? Evidence of Sustainable Intensification in Sub-Saharan Africa." Journal of Agricultural Economics, 71 (2020): 556-580. (with T. Luu).

  • "Does climate action destroy jobs? An assessment of the employment implications of the 2-degree goal." International Labour Review, 157:4 (2018) (with K. S. Wiebe, M. Harsdorff, M. Simas, A. Bonnet, and R. Wood).

  • "Too polluted to work? The gendered correlates of air pollution on hours worked. IZA Journal of Labor Economics 7:7 (2018).

  • "Field-of-study mismatch and overqualification: labour market correlates and their wage penalty." IZA Journal of Labor Economics 6:2 (2017).

Article(s)

  • The labour market in Chile, 2000-2025

    Despite increasing earnings and stronger institutions, inequality, informality, and low productivity persist

    Guillermo Montt, May 2026
    In the past 25 years, the Chilean labour market has observed a modernisation in terms of its transition to a service economy, but also in terms of its institutional robustness. It has seen a consistent growth in the labour force, driven by women’s entrance in the labour market, and a sustained increase in earnings from salaried work. However, it faces obstacles to drive growth through labour productivity and to ensure that growth translates to better socioeconomic outcomes for workers as a large low-productivity segment persists, also driving informality. These obstacles include lengthy permits, human capital deficits, low R&D investment, as well as slow technological adoption. Solving these issues requires coherent policy making beyond employment and labour policy.
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