Publication: Global Jobs Indicators Database (JOIN) Manual: Methodology and Quality Checks
Date
2021-04
ISSN
Published
2021-04
Author(s)
Weber, Michael
Langbein, Jörg
Abstract
The Global Jobs Indicators Database
(JOIN) provides information on labor market outcomes from
countries across all income groups with a focus on low- and
middle-income countries. The sources are in most cases Labor
Force Surveys (LFSs), but other types of household surveys
that include labor market information are also added. The
information on the different labor market outcomes is
disaggregated by gender, urban or rural area, age group of
worker, and education level. All indicators are derived from
a World Bank repository of harmonized household surveys. The
indicators can be subsumed into four topics:
sociodemographics, labor force and employment status,
employment by sector and occupation, and labor market
outcomes, including earnings. To ensure data reliability, a
series of quality checks to both the indicators and the
micro-data at the cross-sectional survey level and at the
survey time-series level are conducted. Results are, among
others, corroborated using statistics provided by the
International Labour Organization (ILO) or the World Bank’s
World Development Indicators (WDI) as well as through
outlier detection and consistency checks. As a result, JOIN
provides only indicators for surveys that surpassed a
quality check threshold. JOIN contains about 1,430 household
surveys conducted in 160 countries. A JOIN benchmarking tool
enables further customization options including interactions
of key indicators for more granular analysis. This tool
allows users to compare the labor market in their country of
interest to a series of up to 10 other countries. Together,
JOIN, the JOIN benchmarking tool, and the entire Jobs
Diagnostic toolkit enable a thorough analysis of the labor
market supply side at both a nationally aggregated level and
the micro level.
Citation
“Weber, Michael; Langbein, Jörg. 2021. Global Jobs Indicators Database (JOIN) Manual: Methodology and Quality Checks. Jobs Guide;No. 6. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35971 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”