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Enhancing Workers’ Protection in Jordan

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dc.contributor.authorRother, Friederike
dc.contributor.authorChartouni, Carole
dc.contributor.authorSanchez-Reaza, Javier
dc.contributor.authorPaez Salamanca, Gustavo
dc.contributor.authorFallah, Belal
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-27T20:51:01Z
dc.date.available2022-04-27T20:51:01Z
dc.date.issued2022-04
dc.description.abstractThis paper exploits a rich database to provide comprehensive profiling of informality in Jordan, including who informal workers are, their characteristics, and where they work, as well as providing policy recommendations to address informality. The structural framework developed through the comprehensive profiling is followed by an analysis of why workers are informal, using inferential multivariate analysis. Statistical techniques (that is, cluster analysis) are used to group workers by similar characteristics (including education, gender, income, and form of employment) to allow policy makers to pinpoint specific policy tools that can target each group. The paper offers long term policy solutions to address informality, including fostering competition to boost productivity and providing a level playing field. It also proposes short, and medium-term policy options to protect workers against shocks until more productive jobs are created, for instance through the provision of short-term benefits through defined contribution schemes. Heterogeneity is addressed by tailoring policy instruments to clusters of workers.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099720004212236345/P17159503236b80c909e2203a4e48fa5cc4
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/37350
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesSocial Protection & Jobs Discussion Paper;2205
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectINFORMAL WORKERS
dc.subjectINFORMALITY POLICY
dc.subjectINFORMAL ECONOMY
dc.subjectSHORT-TERM BENEFITS
dc.subjectDEFINED CONTRIBUTION SCHEMES
dc.subjectINFORMAL LABOR MARKET
dc.subjectLABOR PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectHUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET POLICY
dc.subjectSTRUCTURE OF LABOR FORCE
dc.subjectSOCIAL SECURITY
dc.subjectSOCIAL SAFETYNET
dc.subjectSOCIAL PROTECTION
dc.subjectPRIVATE SECTOR
dc.titleEnhancing Workers’ Protection in Jordanen
dc.typeDiscussion Paper
dspace.entity.typePublication
okr.date.disclosure2022-04-26
okr.date.lastmodified2022-04-26T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypeDiscussion Paper
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099720004212236345/P17159503236b80c909e2203a4e48fa5cc4
okr.guid099720004212236345
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum33792088
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum33792088
okr.identifier.report170803
okr.importedtrueen
okr.language.supporteden
okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099720004212236345/pdf/P17159503236b80c909e2203a4e48fa5cc4.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeMiddle East and North Africa
okr.region.countryJordan
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Markets
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Policies
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Safety Nets and Transfers
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Social Protections & Assistance
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Work & Working Conditions
okr.unitSocial Protection & Labor MNA (HMNSP)
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