Pakistan Labor Market Study : Regulation, Job Creation, and Skills Formation in the Manufacturing Sector

In an effort to improve employment outcomes and industrial productivity, the Government of Pakistan (GoP) has launched a dual-track reform process involving broad-based overhaul of labor laws and institutions, and expansion and reform of the Vocati...

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Main Author: World Bank
Format: PSD, Privatization and Industrial Policy
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC 2013
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topic ACCOUNTING
ADVERSE CONSEQUENCES
AGE GROUP
AGGREGATE DEMAND
AVERAGE WAGE
BASIC RIGHTS
BUSINESS CYCLES
CAREERS
CASUAL WORKERS
CHILD LABOR
CLERKS
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
COMPETITIVE PRESSURES
CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT
CONTRACT LABOR
CONTRACTOR
CREATING JOBS
DISMISSAL
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC NEEDS
ECONOMICS
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EMPLOYEE
EMPLOYEE ASSOCIATIONS
EMPLOYERS
EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS
EMPLOYMENT GENERATION
EMPLOYMENT GROWTH
EMPLOYMENT GROWTH RATE
EMPLOYMENT LEVELS
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES
EMPLOYMENT PATTERNS
EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION LEGISLATION
EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP
EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS
EMPLOYMENT STABILITY
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT
EXCESSIVE REGULATION
EXOGENOUS SHOCKS
FACTOR MARKETS
FEMALE EMPLOYMENT
FEMALE LABOR
FEMALE LABOR FORCE
FIRING
FIRING COSTS
FIRM PRODUCTIVITY
FORMAL LABOR MARKET
GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM
HIGH WAGE
HIGH WAGE PREMIUM
HIRING
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN RESOURCE
HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN RESOURCES
INCOME
INCOME SUPPORT
INDUSTRIAL LABOR
INFORMAL LABOR MARKET
INFORMAL SECTOR
INNOVATION
INSURANCE
INTERNATIONAL MARKETS
ISOLATION
JOB CREATION
JOB PLACEMENT
JOB PLACEMENT SERVICES
JOB SECURITY
JOB SEEKERS
JOB SKILL
JOBLESS GROWTH
JOBS
KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY
LABOR DEMAND
LABOR DEMAND ELASTICITIES
LABOR DEMAND ELASTICITY
LABOR FORCE
LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
LABOR INPUTS
LABOR INSPECTION
LABOR LAW
LABOR LAWS
LABOR LEGISLATION
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKET FLEXIBILITY
LABOR MARKET INDICATORS
LABOR MARKET INSTITUTIONS
LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES
LABOR MARKET REFORMS
LABOR MARKET REGULATION
LABOR MARKET RIGIDITY
LABOR MARKET SEGMENTATION
LABOR MARKET SITUATION
LABOR MARKETS
LABOR POLICY
LABOR PRODUCTIVITY
LABOR REGULATION
LABOR REGULATIONS
LABOR REPRESENTATIVES
LABOR SUPPLY
LABOR UNION
LABOR UNIONS
LABOUR
LABOUR FORCE
LABOUR FORCE GROWTH
LABOUR REGULATION
LONG-TERM EMPLOYMENT
LOW EMPLOYMENT
MANPOWER
MINIMUM WAGE
MINIMUM WAGES
MOTIVATION
NET JOB CREATION
OCCUPATION
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
OCCUPATIONS
ON-THE-JOB TRAINING
OPEN UNEMPLOYMENT
OVERTIME
OVERTIME WORK
PAYROLL TAXES
PERMANENT EMPLOYMENT
PERMANENT WORKERS
PRESTIGE
PRICE CONTROLS
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRIVATE SERVICES
PRODUCT MARKET
PRODUCT MARKET REGULATION
PRODUCT MARKETS
PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITIES
PRODUCTIVE EMPLOYMENT
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENTS
PRODUCTIVITY LEVELS
PROFESSIONALS
REAL WAGE
REAL WAGES
RECOMMENDATIONS
REDUNDANCY
RIGHT TO ORGANIZE
RURAL WORKERS
SAFETY
SAFETY NETS
SAFETY STANDARDS
SALARIED EMPLOYEES
SALARIED WORKERS
SERVICE PROVIDERS
SEVERANCE PAY
SEVERANCE PAY SCHEMES
SEVERANCE PAYMENTS
SKILL SHORTAGES
SKILLED LABOR
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
SMALL BUSINESS
SOCIAL PROTECTION
SOCIAL SECURITY
STAFF
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT
TEMPORARY WORKER
TEMPORARY WORKERS
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT
TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY
TRADE UNIONS
TRAINING INSTITUTIONS
TRAINING PROGRAM
TRAINING SERVICES
UNDEREMPLOYMENT
UNEMPLOYED
UNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEM
UNION REPRESENTATIVES
UNIONIZATION
URBAN EMPLOYMENT
VOCATIONAL TRAINING
WAGE DATA
WAGE DETERMINATION
WAGE EMPLOYMENT
WAGE GAINS
WAGE GROWTH
WAGE INCREASES
WAGE RATE
WAGE RATES
WELL-FUNCTIONING LABOR MARKET
WORK FORCE
WORKER
WORKER PRODUCTIVITY
WORKERS
WORKING
WORKING CAPITAL
WORKING CONDITION
WORKING CONDITIONS
WORKING ENVIRONMENT
WORKING HOURS
WORKING POOR
spellingShingle ACCOUNTING
ADVERSE CONSEQUENCES
AGE GROUP
AGGREGATE DEMAND
AVERAGE WAGE
BASIC RIGHTS
BUSINESS CYCLES
CAREERS
CASUAL WORKERS
CHILD LABOR
CLERKS
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
COMPETITIVE PRESSURES
CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT
CONTRACT LABOR
CONTRACTOR
CREATING JOBS
DISMISSAL
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC NEEDS
ECONOMICS
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EMPLOYEE
EMPLOYEE ASSOCIATIONS
EMPLOYERS
EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS
EMPLOYMENT GENERATION
EMPLOYMENT GROWTH
EMPLOYMENT GROWTH RATE
EMPLOYMENT LEVELS
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES
EMPLOYMENT PATTERNS
EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION LEGISLATION
EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP
EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS
EMPLOYMENT STABILITY
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT
EXCESSIVE REGULATION
EXOGENOUS SHOCKS
FACTOR MARKETS
FEMALE EMPLOYMENT
FEMALE LABOR
FEMALE LABOR FORCE
FIRING
FIRING COSTS
FIRM PRODUCTIVITY
FORMAL LABOR MARKET
GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM
HIGH WAGE
HIGH WAGE PREMIUM
HIRING
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN RESOURCE
HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN RESOURCES
INCOME
INCOME SUPPORT
INDUSTRIAL LABOR
INFORMAL LABOR MARKET
INFORMAL SECTOR
INNOVATION
INSURANCE
INTERNATIONAL MARKETS
ISOLATION
JOB CREATION
JOB PLACEMENT
JOB PLACEMENT SERVICES
JOB SECURITY
JOB SEEKERS
JOB SKILL
JOBLESS GROWTH
JOBS
KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY
LABOR DEMAND
LABOR DEMAND ELASTICITIES
LABOR DEMAND ELASTICITY
LABOR FORCE
LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
LABOR INPUTS
LABOR INSPECTION
LABOR LAW
LABOR LAWS
LABOR LEGISLATION
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKET FLEXIBILITY
LABOR MARKET INDICATORS
LABOR MARKET INSTITUTIONS
LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES
LABOR MARKET REFORMS
LABOR MARKET REGULATION
LABOR MARKET RIGIDITY
LABOR MARKET SEGMENTATION
LABOR MARKET SITUATION
LABOR MARKETS
LABOR POLICY
LABOR PRODUCTIVITY
LABOR REGULATION
LABOR REGULATIONS
LABOR REPRESENTATIVES
LABOR SUPPLY
LABOR UNION
LABOR UNIONS
LABOUR
LABOUR FORCE
LABOUR FORCE GROWTH
LABOUR REGULATION
LONG-TERM EMPLOYMENT
LOW EMPLOYMENT
MANPOWER
MINIMUM WAGE
MINIMUM WAGES
MOTIVATION
NET JOB CREATION
OCCUPATION
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
OCCUPATIONS
ON-THE-JOB TRAINING
OPEN UNEMPLOYMENT
OVERTIME
OVERTIME WORK
PAYROLL TAXES
PERMANENT EMPLOYMENT
PERMANENT WORKERS
PRESTIGE
PRICE CONTROLS
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRIVATE SERVICES
PRODUCT MARKET
PRODUCT MARKET REGULATION
PRODUCT MARKETS
PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITIES
PRODUCTIVE EMPLOYMENT
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENTS
PRODUCTIVITY LEVELS
PROFESSIONALS
REAL WAGE
REAL WAGES
RECOMMENDATIONS
REDUNDANCY
RIGHT TO ORGANIZE
RURAL WORKERS
SAFETY
SAFETY NETS
SAFETY STANDARDS
SALARIED EMPLOYEES
SALARIED WORKERS
SERVICE PROVIDERS
SEVERANCE PAY
SEVERANCE PAY SCHEMES
SEVERANCE PAYMENTS
SKILL SHORTAGES
SKILLED LABOR
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
SMALL BUSINESS
SOCIAL PROTECTION
SOCIAL SECURITY
STAFF
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT
TEMPORARY WORKER
TEMPORARY WORKERS
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT
TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY
TRADE UNIONS
TRAINING INSTITUTIONS
TRAINING PROGRAM
TRAINING SERVICES
UNDEREMPLOYMENT
UNEMPLOYED
UNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEM
UNION REPRESENTATIVES
UNIONIZATION
URBAN EMPLOYMENT
VOCATIONAL TRAINING
WAGE DATA
WAGE DETERMINATION
WAGE EMPLOYMENT
WAGE GAINS
WAGE GROWTH
WAGE INCREASES
WAGE RATE
WAGE RATES
WELL-FUNCTIONING LABOR MARKET
WORK FORCE
WORKER
WORKER PRODUCTIVITY
WORKERS
WORKING
WORKING CAPITAL
WORKING CONDITION
WORKING CONDITIONS
WORKING ENVIRONMENT
WORKING HOURS
WORKING POOR
World Bank
Pakistan Labor Market Study : Regulation, Job Creation, and Skills Formation in the Manufacturing Sector
geographic_facet South Asia
Pakistan
description In an effort to improve employment outcomes and industrial productivity, the Government of Pakistan (GoP) has launched a dual-track reform process involving broad-based overhaul of labor laws and institutions, and expansion and reform of the Vocational and Technical Training (VTT) system. Labor market regulation and laws are useful economic and social institutions designed to protect workers from undesirable consequences of market failure such as arbitrary or discriminatory actions by employers. They also help stabilize employment and household incomes against aggregate business cycles and shocks. Labor regulation is also an important element of society's instruments for the provision of social security and the maintenance of health, safety, and environmental standards in economic activities. Labor regulation in Pakistan is excessive by international standards, as can be seen from data on a number of indicators of labor market flexibility. All things considered, Pakistani industry and workers will seem to be better off with a more flexible labor market. The report analyzes the existing labor laws and institutions, along with the new draft laws, from this point of view. It also provides a review of the current VTT system and changes for it.
format Economic & Sector Work :: PSD, Privatization and Industrial Policy
author World Bank
author_facet World Bank
author_sort World Bank
title Pakistan Labor Market Study : Regulation, Job Creation, and Skills Formation in the Manufacturing Sector
title_short Pakistan Labor Market Study : Regulation, Job Creation, and Skills Formation in the Manufacturing Sector
title_full Pakistan Labor Market Study : Regulation, Job Creation, and Skills Formation in the Manufacturing Sector
title_fullStr Pakistan Labor Market Study : Regulation, Job Creation, and Skills Formation in the Manufacturing Sector
title_full_unstemmed Pakistan Labor Market Study : Regulation, Job Creation, and Skills Formation in the Manufacturing Sector
title_sort pakistan labor market study : regulation, job creation, and skills formation in the manufacturing sector
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2013
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/09/16411564/pakistan-labor-market-study-regulation-job-creation-skills-formation-manufacturing-sector
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spelling okr-10986-128652021-04-23T14:03:03Z Pakistan Labor Market Study : Regulation, Job Creation, and Skills Formation in the Manufacturing Sector World Bank ACCOUNTING ADVERSE CONSEQUENCES AGE GROUP AGGREGATE DEMAND AVERAGE WAGE BASIC RIGHTS BUSINESS CYCLES CAREERS CASUAL WORKERS CHILD LABOR CLERKS COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COMPETITIVE PRESSURES CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT CONTRACT LABOR CONTRACTOR CREATING JOBS DISMISSAL ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC NEEDS ECONOMICS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPLOYEE EMPLOYEE ASSOCIATIONS EMPLOYERS EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS EMPLOYMENT GENERATION EMPLOYMENT GROWTH EMPLOYMENT GROWTH RATE EMPLOYMENT LEVELS EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES EMPLOYMENT PATTERNS EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION LEGISLATION EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS EMPLOYMENT STABILITY EMPLOYMENT STATUS ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT EXCESSIVE REGULATION EXOGENOUS SHOCKS FACTOR MARKETS FEMALE EMPLOYMENT FEMALE LABOR FEMALE LABOR FORCE FIRING FIRING COSTS FIRM PRODUCTIVITY FORMAL LABOR MARKET GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM HIGH WAGE HIGH WAGE PREMIUM HIRING HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN RESOURCE HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES INCOME INCOME SUPPORT INDUSTRIAL LABOR INFORMAL LABOR MARKET INFORMAL SECTOR INNOVATION INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL MARKETS ISOLATION JOB CREATION JOB PLACEMENT JOB PLACEMENT SERVICES JOB SECURITY JOB SEEKERS JOB SKILL JOBLESS GROWTH JOBS KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY LABOR DEMAND LABOR DEMAND ELASTICITIES LABOR DEMAND ELASTICITY LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR INPUTS LABOR INSPECTION LABOR LAW LABOR LAWS LABOR LEGISLATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET FLEXIBILITY LABOR MARKET INDICATORS LABOR MARKET INSTITUTIONS LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOR MARKET REFORMS LABOR MARKET REGULATION LABOR MARKET RIGIDITY LABOR MARKET SEGMENTATION LABOR MARKET SITUATION LABOR MARKETS LABOR POLICY LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LABOR REGULATION LABOR REGULATIONS LABOR REPRESENTATIVES LABOR SUPPLY LABOR UNION LABOR UNIONS LABOUR LABOUR FORCE LABOUR FORCE GROWTH LABOUR REGULATION LONG-TERM EMPLOYMENT LOW EMPLOYMENT MANPOWER MINIMUM WAGE MINIMUM WAGES MOTIVATION NET JOB CREATION OCCUPATION OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH OCCUPATIONS ON-THE-JOB TRAINING OPEN UNEMPLOYMENT OVERTIME OVERTIME WORK PAYROLL TAXES PERMANENT EMPLOYMENT PERMANENT WORKERS PRESTIGE PRICE CONTROLS PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SERVICES PRODUCT MARKET PRODUCT MARKET REGULATION PRODUCT MARKETS PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITIES PRODUCTIVE EMPLOYMENT PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENTS PRODUCTIVITY LEVELS PROFESSIONALS REAL WAGE REAL WAGES RECOMMENDATIONS REDUNDANCY RIGHT TO ORGANIZE RURAL WORKERS SAFETY SAFETY NETS SAFETY STANDARDS SALARIED EMPLOYEES SALARIED WORKERS SERVICE PROVIDERS SEVERANCE PAY SEVERANCE PAY SCHEMES SEVERANCE PAYMENTS SKILL SHORTAGES SKILLED LABOR SKILLS DEVELOPMENT SMALL BUSINESS SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SECURITY STAFF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT TEMPORARY WORKER TEMPORARY WORKERS TOTAL EMPLOYMENT TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRADE UNIONS TRAINING INSTITUTIONS TRAINING PROGRAM TRAINING SERVICES UNDEREMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEM UNION REPRESENTATIVES UNIONIZATION URBAN EMPLOYMENT VOCATIONAL TRAINING WAGE DATA WAGE DETERMINATION WAGE EMPLOYMENT WAGE GAINS WAGE GROWTH WAGE INCREASES WAGE RATE WAGE RATES WELL-FUNCTIONING LABOR MARKET WORK FORCE WORKER WORKER PRODUCTIVITY WORKERS WORKING WORKING CAPITAL WORKING CONDITION WORKING CONDITIONS WORKING ENVIRONMENT WORKING HOURS WORKING POOR In an effort to improve employment outcomes and industrial productivity, the Government of Pakistan (GoP) has launched a dual-track reform process involving broad-based overhaul of labor laws and institutions, and expansion and reform of the Vocational and Technical Training (VTT) system. Labor market regulation and laws are useful economic and social institutions designed to protect workers from undesirable consequences of market failure such as arbitrary or discriminatory actions by employers. They also help stabilize employment and household incomes against aggregate business cycles and shocks. Labor regulation is also an important element of society's instruments for the provision of social security and the maintenance of health, safety, and environmental standards in economic activities. Labor regulation in Pakistan is excessive by international standards, as can be seen from data on a number of indicators of labor market flexibility. All things considered, Pakistani industry and workers will seem to be better off with a more flexible labor market. The report analyzes the existing labor laws and institutions, along with the new draft laws, from this point of view. It also provides a review of the current VTT system and changes for it. 2013-03-24T01:36:57Z 2013-03-24T01:36:57Z 2006-09 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/09/16411564/pakistan-labor-market-study-regulation-job-creation-skills-formation-manufacturing-sector http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12865 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: PSD, Privatization and Industrial Policy Economic & Sector Work South Asia Pakistan