Working toward Better Pay : Earning Dynamics in Ghana and Tanzania
Improving access to productive employment is a key policy challenge, especially in low-income countries (LICs), where the only asset in abundance is labor. Building on ongoing research on earnings mobility, this study uses unusually rich longitudin...
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okr-10986-185532021-04-23T14:03:48Z Working toward Better Pay : Earning Dynamics in Ghana and Tanzania Falco, Paolo Kerr, Andrew Paci, Pierella Rijkers, Bob ARITHMETIC ATTRITION AVERAGE EARNING AVERAGE EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT CIVIL SERVICE COGNITIVE SKILLS COUNTRY COMPARISON DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DOWNWARD BIAS DRIVERS EARNING EARNINGS EARNINGS DISTRIBUTION EARNINGS GROWTH EARNINGS LOSSES EARNINGS PROSPECTS EARNINGS REGRESSIONS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EFFICIENCY WAGE MODELS EMPLOYEE EMPLOYMENT GENERATION EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS EMPLOYMENT SPELLS ENTREPRENEURSHIP ENTRY RATE EXCLUSION RESTRICTION FIRM SIZE FIRM SURVEYS FORMAL EDUCATION GENDER GAP HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMPERFECT INFORMATION INCOME COUNTRIES INFORMAL SECTOR INFORMAL SECTOR WORKERS JOB CREATION JOB EXPERIENCE JOB OFFER LABOR ECONOMICS LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET EXPERIENCE LABOR MARKET ISSUES LABOR MARKET RIGIDITIES LABOR MARKET SEGMENTATION LABOR MARKETS LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LABOUR LITERACY MACROECONOMICS MATHEMATICS MIGRATION MORAL HAZARD NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS OCCUPATION OCCUPATIONS OLDER WORKERS PARTICIPATION RATES PAYING JOB PAYING JOBS POLITICAL ECONOMY POOLING PREVIOUS RESULTS PREVIOUS WORK PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT PRIVATE ENTERPRISES PRIVATE FIRMS PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR WAGE PRODUCTIVE EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYEE PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYEES PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC SECTOR JOB READING RETENTION RATE RETENTION RATES RETURN TO EDUCATION RETURNS TO EDUCATION RIGID LABOR MARKETS SAVINGS SCHOOLING SELF EMPLOYMENT SERVANTS SERVICE SECTOR STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES TRANSPORT TRUST FUND UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED JOB SEEKERS UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATES UNPAID FAMILY WORKERS UNPAID WORKERS WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGE EMPLOYMENT WAGE GROWTH WAGE PREMIUM WAGE RATE WAGES WORKER WORKING CONDITIONS YOUNG PEOPLE YOUNG WORKER YOUNG WORKERS YOUTH Improving access to productive employment is a key policy challenge, especially in low-income countries (LICs), where the only asset in abundance is labor. Building on ongoing research on earnings mobility, this study uses unusually rich longitudinal data from Ghana and Tanzania to identify engines of, and barriers to, earnings and earnings mobility. It examines the role of individual characteristics such as gender, age, and skills and characteristics of the job, but it also focuses on the role of job switches for example, moves into and out of self-employment. It zooms in particularly on the drivers of transitions between low-paying and high-paying jobs, and addresses questions such as whether being low paid is a transitory or permanent phenomenon, and whether it has a scarring effect on an individual's employment prospects. The extent to which earnings dynamics differ for women and young adults is also discussed in detail. The cross-country comparison of earnings dynamics and labor market transitions helps shed light on the institutional factors that promote labor market mobility and entrepreneurship. The report is organized as follows: chapter one gives introduction. Chapter two presents a brief review of related literature. Chapter three gives a descriptive overview of the labor markets in the two countries. Chapter four examines the determinants of earnings levels. Chapter five examines determinants of earnings growth. Chapter six focuses on low-pay and high-pay transitions and analyzes whether the experience of being in a low-paying job undermines an individual's future earnings prospects. Chapter seven discusses key policy implications. 2014-06-09T19:29:28Z 2014-06-09T19:29:28Z 2014-05-29 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/05/19628735/working-toward-better-pay-earning-dynamics-ghana-tanzania 978-1-4648-0207-2 10.1596/978-1-4648-0207-2 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18553 English en_US World Bank Study; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Africa |
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ARITHMETIC ATTRITION AVERAGE EARNING AVERAGE EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT CIVIL SERVICE COGNITIVE SKILLS COUNTRY COMPARISON DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DOWNWARD BIAS DRIVERS EARNING EARNINGS EARNINGS DISTRIBUTION EARNINGS GROWTH EARNINGS LOSSES EARNINGS PROSPECTS EARNINGS REGRESSIONS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EFFICIENCY WAGE MODELS EMPLOYEE EMPLOYMENT GENERATION EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS EMPLOYMENT SPELLS ENTREPRENEURSHIP ENTRY RATE EXCLUSION RESTRICTION FIRM SIZE FIRM SURVEYS FORMAL EDUCATION GENDER GAP HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMPERFECT INFORMATION INCOME COUNTRIES INFORMAL SECTOR INFORMAL SECTOR WORKERS JOB CREATION JOB EXPERIENCE JOB OFFER LABOR ECONOMICS LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET EXPERIENCE LABOR MARKET ISSUES LABOR MARKET RIGIDITIES LABOR MARKET SEGMENTATION LABOR MARKETS LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LABOUR LITERACY MACROECONOMICS MATHEMATICS MIGRATION MORAL HAZARD NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS OCCUPATION OCCUPATIONS OLDER WORKERS PARTICIPATION RATES PAYING JOB PAYING JOBS POLITICAL ECONOMY POOLING PREVIOUS RESULTS PREVIOUS WORK PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT PRIVATE ENTERPRISES PRIVATE FIRMS PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR WAGE PRODUCTIVE EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYEE PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYEES PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC SECTOR JOB READING RETENTION RATE RETENTION RATES RETURN TO EDUCATION RETURNS TO EDUCATION RIGID LABOR MARKETS SAVINGS SCHOOLING SELF EMPLOYMENT SERVANTS SERVICE SECTOR STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES TRANSPORT TRUST FUND UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED JOB SEEKERS UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATES UNPAID FAMILY WORKERS UNPAID WORKERS WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGE EMPLOYMENT WAGE GROWTH WAGE PREMIUM WAGE RATE WAGES WORKER WORKING CONDITIONS YOUNG PEOPLE YOUNG WORKER YOUNG WORKERS YOUTH |
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ARITHMETIC ATTRITION AVERAGE EARNING AVERAGE EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT CIVIL SERVICE COGNITIVE SKILLS COUNTRY COMPARISON DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DOWNWARD BIAS DRIVERS EARNING EARNINGS EARNINGS DISTRIBUTION EARNINGS GROWTH EARNINGS LOSSES EARNINGS PROSPECTS EARNINGS REGRESSIONS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EFFICIENCY WAGE MODELS EMPLOYEE EMPLOYMENT GENERATION EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS EMPLOYMENT SPELLS ENTREPRENEURSHIP ENTRY RATE EXCLUSION RESTRICTION FIRM SIZE FIRM SURVEYS FORMAL EDUCATION GENDER GAP HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMPERFECT INFORMATION INCOME COUNTRIES INFORMAL SECTOR INFORMAL SECTOR WORKERS JOB CREATION JOB EXPERIENCE JOB OFFER LABOR ECONOMICS LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET EXPERIENCE LABOR MARKET ISSUES LABOR MARKET RIGIDITIES LABOR MARKET SEGMENTATION LABOR MARKETS LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LABOUR LITERACY MACROECONOMICS MATHEMATICS MIGRATION MORAL HAZARD NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS OCCUPATION OCCUPATIONS OLDER WORKERS PARTICIPATION RATES PAYING JOB PAYING JOBS POLITICAL ECONOMY POOLING PREVIOUS RESULTS PREVIOUS WORK PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT PRIVATE ENTERPRISES PRIVATE FIRMS PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR WAGE PRODUCTIVE EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYEE PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYEES PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC SECTOR JOB READING RETENTION RATE RETENTION RATES RETURN TO EDUCATION RETURNS TO EDUCATION RIGID LABOR MARKETS SAVINGS SCHOOLING SELF EMPLOYMENT SERVANTS SERVICE SECTOR STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES TRANSPORT TRUST FUND UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED JOB SEEKERS UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATES UNPAID FAMILY WORKERS UNPAID WORKERS WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGE EMPLOYMENT WAGE GROWTH WAGE PREMIUM WAGE RATE WAGES WORKER WORKING CONDITIONS YOUNG PEOPLE YOUNG WORKER YOUNG WORKERS YOUTH Falco, Paolo Kerr, Andrew Paci, Pierella Rijkers, Bob Working toward Better Pay : Earning Dynamics in Ghana and Tanzania |
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Improving access to productive
employment is a key policy challenge, especially in
low-income countries (LICs), where the only asset in
abundance is labor. Building on ongoing research on earnings
mobility, this study uses unusually rich longitudinal data
from Ghana and Tanzania to identify engines of, and barriers
to, earnings and earnings mobility. It examines the role of
individual characteristics such as gender, age, and skills
and characteristics of the job, but it also focuses on the
role of job switches for example, moves into and out of
self-employment. It zooms in particularly on the drivers of
transitions between low-paying and high-paying jobs, and
addresses questions such as whether being low paid is a
transitory or permanent phenomenon, and whether it has a
scarring effect on an individual's employment
prospects. The extent to which earnings dynamics differ for
women and young adults is also discussed in detail. The
cross-country comparison of earnings dynamics and labor
market transitions helps shed light on the institutional
factors that promote labor market mobility and
entrepreneurship. The report is organized as follows:
chapter one gives introduction. Chapter two presents a brief
review of related literature. Chapter three gives a
descriptive overview of the labor markets in the two
countries. Chapter four examines the determinants of
earnings levels. Chapter five examines determinants of
earnings growth. Chapter six focuses on low-pay and high-pay
transitions and analyzes whether the experience of being in
a low-paying job undermines an individual's future
earnings prospects. Chapter seven discusses key policy implications. |
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Publications & Research :: Publication |
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Falco, Paolo Kerr, Andrew Paci, Pierella Rijkers, Bob |
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Falco, Paolo Kerr, Andrew Paci, Pierella Rijkers, Bob |
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Falco, Paolo |
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Working toward Better Pay : Earning Dynamics in Ghana and Tanzania |
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Working toward Better Pay : Earning Dynamics in Ghana and Tanzania |
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Working toward Better Pay : Earning Dynamics in Ghana and Tanzania |
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Working toward Better Pay : Earning Dynamics in Ghana and Tanzania |
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Working toward Better Pay : Earning Dynamics in Ghana and Tanzania |
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working toward better pay : earning dynamics in ghana and tanzania |
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Washington, DC: World Bank |
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2014 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/05/19628735/working-toward-better-pay-earning-dynamics-ghana-tanzania http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18553 |
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