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Does Climbing the Jobs Ladder Promote Poverty Reduction?

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dc.contributor.authorChoi, Yunji
dc.contributor.authorGronert, Mario
dc.contributor.authorHonorati, Maddalena
dc.contributor.authorMerfeld,, Joshua D,
dc.contributor.authorNewhouse, David
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-24T14:28:34Z
dc.date.available2024-07-24T14:28:34Z
dc.date.issued2024-07-24
dc.description.abstractThis paper explores trends in and the potential determinants of the types of jobs held by workers, and their relationship with poverty reduction, in an unbalanced panel of 89 countries over the past 30 years. Jobs are classified into five categories according to formality, occupation or level of skills required, and wage work versus self-employment. Net shifts into "upper tier" or skilled informal wage jobs, defined as professionals, managers, technicians, or clerks, from "lower tier" or lower skilled informal jobs were strongly associated with poverty reduction at the $1.90 and $3.20 lines. In contrast, net shifts into formal wage jobs from lower tier informal jobs were associated with modest poverty reductions at the $5.50 poverty line. The share of workers in informal upper tier jobs represents less than 2 percent of the workforce and has increased little over the past 30 years in low- and middle-income countries. The findings show that increases in upper tier informal wage jobs are associated with shifts of the workforce from microenterprises to small firms in lower- and upper-middle-income countries, but they are not discernibly associated with higher educational attainment or urbanization. In contrast, increases in the share of formal wage jobs are strongly associated with increases in the share of workers with post-secondary education, driven by high-income countries. The results suggest that upper tier informal wage jobs and the skills they require play a potentially important role in poverty reduction but are not automatically generated by increased educational attainment, urbanization, or firm size.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099315107182441044/IDU1e65938be1c7fb14ea81984a13cb7de6fc3e6
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10856
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/41942
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper; 10856
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectJOBS
dc.subjectGROWTH
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectPOVERTY
dc.subjectEDUCATION
dc.subjectSKILLS
dc.subjectINFORMALITY
dc.subjectNO POVERTY
dc.subjectSDG 1
dc.subjectDECENT WORK AND ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectSDG 8
dc.titleDoes Climbing the Jobs Ladder Promote Poverty Reduction?en
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okr.crossref.titleDoes Climbing the Jobs Ladder Promote Poverty Reduction ?
okr.date.disclosure2024-07-24
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okr.region.geographicalWorld
okr.sectorSocial Protection
okr.themeSocial protection delivery systems,Job Creation,Human Development and Gender,Social Protection,Social Development and Protection,Private Sector Development,Labor Market Policy and Programs,Active Labor Market Programs,Jobs
okr.topicEducation::Education For All
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Reduction Strategies
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Employment and Unemployment
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Wages, Compensation & Benefits
okr.unitJobs and Economic Growth (EMFJG)
okr.unitSocial Protection & Labor Global (HSPGE)
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