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Global Job Quality: Evidence from Wage Employment across Developing Countries

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dc.contributor.authorHovhannisyan, Shoghik
dc.contributor.authorMontalva-Talledo, Veronica
dc.contributor.authorRemick, Tyler
dc.contributor.authorRodríguez-Castelán, Carlos
dc.contributor.authorStamm, Kersten
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-02T16:32:04Z
dc.date.available2022-08-02T16:32:04Z
dc.date.issued2022-08
dc.description.abstractMeasuring job quality across countries has been challenging and has relied typically on a single indicator, such as formality or wages. To contribute to this critical policy issue, this paper presents a first global estimate of job quality departing from microdata. It assembles a harmonized global data set of labor force and household surveys to produce a measure of job quality across four dimensions: sufficient income, access to employment benefits, job stability, and adequate working conditions. The results for 40 developing countries show significant variation in job quality across countries, economic sectors, and sociodemographic characteristics, including age, location, and educational attainment. Countries in the Latin America and the Caribbean region have relatively higher levels of job quality, while countries in Sub-Saharan Africa display the lowest levels of job quality. Most workers in the sectors of finance and business services, public administration, and utilities have, on average, better jobs. Higher education matters in securing greater job quality, while the average job quality of wage employment is relatively similar between men and women but with some variation in income and working conditions.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099815508012237346/IDU09ac855b6033b20401e0b7d20c77cc771201c
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10132
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/37811
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Papers;10134
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectGLOBAL ESTIMATE OF JOB QUALITY
dc.subjectHIGHER EDUCATION
dc.subjectWAGE EMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectWORKING CONDITIONS
dc.subjectJOB QUALITY GENDER GAP
dc.subjectINFORMALITY
dc.subjectPRIVATE SECTOR JOBS
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY
dc.titleGlobal Job Qualityen
dc.title.subtitleEvidence from Wage Employment across Developing Countriesen
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dc.typeDocumento de trabajoes
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okr.date.disclosure2022-08-01
okr.date.lastmodified2022-08-01T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypePolicy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099815508012237346/IDU09ac855b6033b20401e0b7d20c77cc771201c
okr.guid099815508012237346
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10132
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum33876054
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum33876054
okr.identifier.reportWPS10134
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okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099815508012237346/pdf/IDU09ac855b6033b20401e0b7d20c77cc771201c.pdfen
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Employment and Shared Growth
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Employment and Unemployment
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Wages, Compensation & Benefits
okr.unitImpact Measurement (CDIIM)
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