The Role of Sectoral Growth Patterns in Labor Market Development

This paper investigates the relationship between sectoral growth patterns and employment outcomes. A broad cross-country analysis reveals that in middle-income countries, employment responds more to growth in less productive and more labor-intensiv...

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Main Authors:	Arias-Vazquez, Francisco Javier, Lee, Jean N., Newhouse, David
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	AGGREGATE EMPLOYMENT AGGREGATE GROWTH AGRICULTURAL GROWTH AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURE ANNUAL GROWTH AVERAGE UNEMPLOYMENT AVERAGE WAGE COMPETITIVE PRESSURES COUNTRY CASE COUNTRY DATA COUNTRY LEVEL COUNTRY REGRESSIONS CROSS-COUNTRY ANALYSIS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING WORLD DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT REPORT DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPLICATIONS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC LITERATURE ECONOMIC REFORMS ECONOMIC RESEARCH ECONOMIC SECTORS ECONOMIC STRUCTURES ECONOMIC STUDIES ECONOMICS ELASTICITY EMPLOYEE EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT EFFECTS EMPLOYMENT GENERATION EMPLOYMENT GROWTH EMPLOYMENT INCREASE EMPLOYMENT OUTCOME EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES EMPLOYMENT PATTERNS EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION LEGISLATION EMPLOYMENT STATUS EMPLOYMENT TRENDS EXCHANGE RATES EXPORT GROWTH EXPORTS FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL SECTORS FINANCIAL SERVICES FIXED EFFECTS GDP GDP PER CAPITA GLOBAL ECONOMY GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROWTH PRO-POOR GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES HIGH INCOME COUNTRIES HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME INEQUALITY INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRIALIZATION JOB CREATION JOBS LABOR ALLOCATION LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET DEVELOPMENT LABOR MARKET INDICATORS LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOR MARKET RIGIDITIES LABOR MARKETS LABOR MOBILITY LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LABOR PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH LABOR REGULATION LABOR REGULATIONS LABOUR LABOUR FORCE LAWS LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL LABOR MARKETS LONG RUN LONG-RUN EFFECTS LONG-RUN GROWTH LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MACROECONOMICS MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY NATURAL RESOURCES NON-FARM SECTOR OCCUPATION OCCUPATIONS OPEN UNEMPLOYMENT PANEL REGRESSIONS POINT DECLINE POINT ESTIMATE POINT ESTIMATES POLICY OBJECTIVE POLICY RESEARCH POSITIVE EFFECTS POVERTY DYNAMICS POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES PREVIOUS SECTION PREVIOUS STUDIES PRO-POOR PRODUCTIVE EMPLOYMENT PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENTS PRODUCTIVITY INCREASES PUBLIC SECTOR REAL WAGE REAL WAGE DECLINES REDUCING POVERTY RETAIL TRADE RURAL AREAS SAVINGS SECTORAL COMPOSITION SERVICE SECTOR SIGNIFICANT EFFECT SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SERVICES STANDARD DEVIATION STRUCTURAL CHANGE TRANSPORT UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT DECLINE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES URBAN AREAS URBAN WORKERS VALUE ADDED WAGE DATA WAGE EFFECTS WAGE EMPLOYMENT WAGE GROWTH WAGE INCREASES WAGES WEALTH WORK FORCE WORKER
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/10/16876453/role-sectoral-growth-patterns-labor-market-development http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12093