Gutierrez, CatalinaOrecchia, CarloPaci, PierellaSerneels, Pieter2012-06-082012-06-082007-12https://hdl.handle.net/10986/7593This paper analyzes how the employment/productivity profile of growth and its sectoral pattern are correlated with poverty reduction. The authors use a sample of 104 short-run growth spells in developing countries, between 1980 and 2001. They also identify some conditions of the labor market and the economic environment that are associated with employment-intensive growth or specific sectoral growth. The results show that, in the short run, although the aggregate employment-rate intensity of growth does not matter for poverty reduction any more than the aggregate productivity intensity of growth, the sectoral pattern of employment growth and productivity growth is important. Employment-intensive growth in the secondary sector is associated with decreases in poverty, while employment-intensive growth in agriculture is correlated with poverty increases. Similarly, productivity-intensive growth in agriculture is associated with decreases in poverty. Although the study does not address causality, coincidence of these phenomena in this large sample of heterogeneous countries and periods suggests that, in the short run, the sectoral productivity and employment pattern of growth may have important implications for poverty alleviation. Therefore, policies for reducing poverty should not overlook the sectoral productivity and employment implications of different growth policies.CC BY 3.0 IGOABSOLUTE TERMSABSOLUTE VALUEAGGREGATE EMPLOYMENTAGGREGATE GROWTHAGGREGATE LEVELAGGREGATE PRODUCTIVITYAGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENTAGRICULTURAL GROWTHAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITYAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY GROWTHAGRICULTURAL SECTORAGRICULTURAL TRADEANNUAL LEAVEAVERAGE GROWTHAVERAGE LEVELBUSINESS CYCLECOLLECTIVE AGREEMENTSCOMPETITIVE MARKETCOMPETITIVE MODELCOUNTRY CASECOUNTRY SPECIFICCOVERAGE OF POPULATIONCRISESDEMOGRAPHIC CHANGESDEPENDENCY RATIODEPENDENT VARIABLEDETERMINANTS OF GROWTHDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICSDEVELOPMENT EFFECTIVENESSDEVELOPMENT INDICATORSDEVELOPMENT POLICYDEVELOPMENT REPORTDISCRIMINATIONDISTRIBUTIONAL CHANGESEARNINGECONOMIC ACTIVITYECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC DOWNTURNSECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC PERFORMANCEECONOMIC POLICIESECONOMICSEFFECTIVE POLICIESEFFICIENCY WAGESEMPIRICAL EVIDENCEEMPLOYMENTEMPLOYMENT CREATIONEMPLOYMENT GENERATIONEMPLOYMENT GROWTHEMPLOYMENT IN AGRICULTUREEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIESEMPLOYMENT PATTERNEMPLOYMENT TRENDSESTIMATION RESULTSETHNIC GROUPEXCHANGE RATEEXPLANATORY VARIABLESEXPORT TAXESFARM PRODUCTIVITYFEWER PEOPLEFIRING COSTSFIRING RESTRICTIONSFIRM PERFORMANCEFOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTFULL EMPLOYMENTGENERAL EQUILIBRIUMGINI COEFFICIENTGROWTH ELASTICITYGROWTH EPISODEGROWTH LITERATUREGROWTH PATTERNGROWTH PERFORMANCEGROWTH POLICIESGROWTH PRO-POORGROWTH PROCESSHEADCOUNT POVERTYHEADCOUNT RATIOHIGH GROWTHHOUSEHOLD DATAHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSIMPACT ON POVERTYINCOME CHANGEINCOME DISTRIBUTIONINDEPENDENT VARIABLESINDUSTRIALIZATIONINDUSTRY WAGEINEQUALITYINFORMAL SECTORINVESTMENT CLIMATEJOBLESS GROWTHJOBSLABOR COSTSLABOR DEMANDLABOR ECONOMICSLABOR FORCELABOR FORCE GROWTHLABOR MARKETLABOR MARKET CHARACTERISTICSLABOR MARKET CONDITIONSLABOR MARKET INDICATORSLABOR MARKET OUTCOMESLABOR MARKET REGULATIONLABOR MARKET REGULATIONSLABOR MARKET SEGMENTATIONLABOR MARKETSLABOR MOBILITYLABOR POLICIESLABOR PRODUCTIVITIESLABOR PRODUCTIVITYLABOR REGULATIONLABOR-INTENSIVE GROWTHLABOURLABOUR MARKETLABOUR OFFICELEVEL OF EDUCATIONLEVELS OF EDUCATIONLONG RUNLOW-INCOME COUNTRIESMACROECONOMIC CONDITIONSMACROECONOMIC INSTABILITYMACROECONOMIC STABILITYMANUFACTURING WAGEMARGINAL EFFECTMATERNITY LEAVEMEAN INCOMEMIGRATIONMINIMUM WAGEMINIMUM WAGESMOVEMENTS OF PEOPLENATIONAL ACCOUNTSNEGATIVE EFFECTNUMBER OF WORKERSOUTPUT GROWTHOVERVALUED EXCHANGEPER CAPITA INCOMEPOLICY DISCUSSIONPOLICY RESEARCHPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPERPOOR GOVERNANCEPOPULATION % CHANGEPOPULATION DIVISIONPOPULATION GROWTHPOVERTY ALLEVIATIONPOVERTY CHANGESPOVERTY DATAPOVERTY DATABASEPOVERTY IMPACTPOVERTY IMPACT OF GROWTHPOVERTY INCREASESPOVERTY MEASUREPOVERTY OUTCOMESPOVERTY REDUCINGPOVERTY REDUCTIONPRELIMINARY EVIDENCEPREVIOUS SECTIONPREVIOUS STUDIESPRICE CONTROLSPRICE STABILITYPRO POORPRO POOR GROWTHPRO-POORPRO-POOR GROWTHPRODUCT MARKETSPRODUCT PRICESPRODUCTIVITY GROWTHPROGRESSPROPERTY RIGHTSPUBLIC SECTORREDUCED POVERTYREDUCING POVERTYRESPECTRURALRURAL AREASRURAL EMPLOYMENTRURAL POVERTYRURAL SECTORSAFETYSAFETY NETSALARIED EMPLOYMENTSECONDARY EDUCATIONSERVICE SECTORSEVERANCE PAYSHORT-RUN GROWTHSIGNIFICANT CORRELATIONSOCIAL SECURITYSTATE-OWNED ENTERPRISESSUB-SAHARAN AFRICATOTAL EMPLOYMENTTOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITYTRADE POLICYTRADE VOLUMESUNEMPLOYEDUNEMPLOYMENTUNEMPLOYMENT RATEUNEMPLOYMENT RATESUNION MEMBERSHIPUNIONSURBAN AREASURBAN EMPLOYMENTURBAN GROWTHURBAN POVERTYWAGE DIFFERENTIALSWAGESWORKERWORKER PRODUCTIVITYWORKERSWORKING POORWORKING POPULATIONWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-4432