Sifting through the Data : Labor Markets in Haiti through a Turbulent Decade (2001-2012)
In Latin America, labor markets have been the main channel through which growth has reduced poverty, with higher labor income accounting for 49 percent of the reduction in poverty in 2008–13. Understanding labor markets is critical to designing pol...
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EFFECTS OF GENDER JOBS EMPLOYMENT LABOR MARKET DEVELOPMENT HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SIZE EMPLOYMENT RATE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES WORKFORCE UNPAID FAMILY WORKERS ACCOUNTING OLDER MEN WORKING-AGE POPULATION WAGE GAP URBANIZATION PRODUCTION PRELIMINARY EVIDENCE RETIREMENT AGGLOMERATION EFFECT INFORMAL SECTOR LABOR MARKET VARIABLES YOUTH EMPLOYMENT MINIMUM WAGE MALE LABOR FORCE INCOME SERVICE SECTOR AGE GROUP LEVELS OF EDUCATION INFORMATION LABOR FORCE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISCRIMINATION LABOR SURVEYS JOB FEMALE EMPLOYMENT EFFECTS WAGE INCREASES NATIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT POLICY DISCUSSIONS PAYING JOBS PUBLICATIONS EMPLOYMENT RATES RETAIL TRADE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION NATIONAL LEVEL UNPAID WORKERS DRIVERS INEQUITIES SMALL BUSINESS ACTIVE EMPLOYMENT LABOR MARKET LABOR RELATION GENDER GAP QUALITY OF EDUCATION INFORMAL ECONOMY EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT WORKER PRODUCTIVITY UNEMPLOYED MIGRATION TRANSFERS MARKETS ORGANIZATIONS EMPLOYMENT INCREASE HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS SCHOOL QUALITY LABOR PRIME AGE PRIMARY SCHOOL POLICY DECISIONS TOTAL EMPLOYMENT WAGE INCREASE URBAN DWELLERS MORTALITY FINANCE FEMALE LABOR PROGRESS UNEMPLOYMENT HOUSEHOLD LEVEL EQUITY AVERAGE WAGES HUMAN CAPITAL YOUNG MEN EARTHQUAKE WORKERS LABOR MARKET CONDITIONS WAGES LABOR CODE POLICIES GENDER DIFFERENCES NATIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT RATES UNEMPLOYMENT RATE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION LABOR DEMAND POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER VALUE AVERAGE WAGE POLICY MAKERS MALE COUNTERPARTS PROBIT REGRESSION AGE GROUPS INCOME DISTRIBUTION URBAN AREAS UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISE FIRM PERFORMANCE LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES JOB CREATION LABOR RELATIONS PRIVATE SECTOR HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS EMPLOYMENT USES RURAL EMPLOYMENT ECONOMICS POLICY PRIVATE TRANSFERS CITIZENS JOB OFFER INSURANCE WAGE STRUCTURE SERVICE SECTORS ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES LEVEL OF EDUCATION HUMAN RESOURCES RURAL AREAS FEMALE LABOR FORCE SUPPLY EMPLOYEE WAGE DIFFERENTIALS GENDER INEQUITIES YOUNG PEOPLE POPULATION LAW PROFIT LIVING CONDITIONS INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT CHILD LABOR POLICY RESEARCH PRIMARY EDUCATION WOMEN WAGE DISTRIBUTION LABOUR LABOR MARKETS AIDS OUTCOMES RURAL DEVELOPMENT SECONDARY EDUCATION PRICES DEVELOPMENT POLICY EMPLOYEES |
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EFFECTS OF GENDER JOBS EMPLOYMENT LABOR MARKET DEVELOPMENT HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SIZE EMPLOYMENT RATE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES WORKFORCE UNPAID FAMILY WORKERS ACCOUNTING OLDER MEN WORKING-AGE POPULATION WAGE GAP URBANIZATION PRODUCTION PRELIMINARY EVIDENCE RETIREMENT AGGLOMERATION EFFECT INFORMAL SECTOR LABOR MARKET VARIABLES YOUTH EMPLOYMENT MINIMUM WAGE MALE LABOR FORCE INCOME SERVICE SECTOR AGE GROUP LEVELS OF EDUCATION INFORMATION LABOR FORCE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISCRIMINATION LABOR SURVEYS JOB FEMALE EMPLOYMENT EFFECTS WAGE INCREASES NATIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT POLICY DISCUSSIONS PAYING JOBS PUBLICATIONS EMPLOYMENT RATES RETAIL TRADE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION NATIONAL LEVEL UNPAID WORKERS DRIVERS INEQUITIES SMALL BUSINESS ACTIVE EMPLOYMENT LABOR MARKET LABOR RELATION GENDER GAP QUALITY OF EDUCATION INFORMAL ECONOMY EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT WORKER PRODUCTIVITY UNEMPLOYED MIGRATION TRANSFERS MARKETS ORGANIZATIONS EMPLOYMENT INCREASE HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS SCHOOL QUALITY LABOR PRIME AGE PRIMARY SCHOOL POLICY DECISIONS TOTAL EMPLOYMENT WAGE INCREASE URBAN DWELLERS MORTALITY FINANCE FEMALE LABOR PROGRESS UNEMPLOYMENT HOUSEHOLD LEVEL EQUITY AVERAGE WAGES HUMAN CAPITAL YOUNG MEN EARTHQUAKE WORKERS LABOR MARKET CONDITIONS WAGES LABOR CODE POLICIES GENDER DIFFERENCES NATIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT RATES UNEMPLOYMENT RATE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION LABOR DEMAND POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER VALUE AVERAGE WAGE POLICY MAKERS MALE COUNTERPARTS PROBIT REGRESSION AGE GROUPS INCOME DISTRIBUTION URBAN AREAS UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISE FIRM PERFORMANCE LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES JOB CREATION LABOR RELATIONS PRIVATE SECTOR HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS EMPLOYMENT USES RURAL EMPLOYMENT ECONOMICS POLICY PRIVATE TRANSFERS CITIZENS JOB OFFER INSURANCE WAGE STRUCTURE SERVICE SECTORS ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES LEVEL OF EDUCATION HUMAN RESOURCES RURAL AREAS FEMALE LABOR FORCE SUPPLY EMPLOYEE WAGE DIFFERENTIALS GENDER INEQUITIES YOUNG PEOPLE POPULATION LAW PROFIT LIVING CONDITIONS INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT CHILD LABOR POLICY RESEARCH PRIMARY EDUCATION WOMEN WAGE DISTRIBUTION LABOUR LABOR MARKETS AIDS OUTCOMES RURAL DEVELOPMENT SECONDARY EDUCATION PRICES DEVELOPMENT POLICY EMPLOYEES Scot, Thiago Rodella, Aude-Sophie Sifting through the Data : Labor Markets in Haiti through a Turbulent Decade (2001-2012) |
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Latin America & Caribbean Haiti |
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Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7562 |
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In Latin America, labor markets have
been the main channel through which growth has reduced
poverty, with higher labor income accounting for 49 percent
of the reduction in poverty in 2008–13. Understanding labor
markets is critical to designing policies and programs aimed
at reducing poverty. With close to 70 percent of the
population under age 30 years, labor markets are bound to be
central to defining Haiti's future. Yet, labor analysis
in Haiti has been constrained by the dearth of data and the
focus on measuring the impact of the 2010 earthquake. This
present paper contributes to filling this gap by providing
an overview of Haiti's labor markets and the
determinants of labor income over a decade, focusing on
growing urban areas. The paper also contributes to the
research on Haiti in general, as well as labor markets in
fragile countries such as Haiti, in particular through an
unprecedented effort to harmonize three household surveys
conducted between 2001 and 2012. Building on this exercise,
the study provides new insights into the development of
labor markets in a particularly turbulent decade for Haiti,
one that was marked by the political crisis of 2004 and the
earthquake of 2010. In spite of the earthquake, the analysis
shows that Haiti’s labor markets are characterized by
continuity over the period. Somewhat surprisingly, the
defining features remain overall unchanged in spite of the
shock, pointing to heavy forces shaping economic and labor dynamics. |
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Scot, Thiago Rodella, Aude-Sophie |
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Scot, Thiago Rodella, Aude-Sophie |
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Scot, Thiago |
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Sifting through the Data : Labor Markets in Haiti through a Turbulent Decade (2001-2012) |
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Sifting through the Data : Labor Markets in Haiti through a Turbulent Decade (2001-2012) |
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Sifting through the Data : Labor Markets in Haiti through a Turbulent Decade (2001-2012) |
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Sifting through the Data : Labor Markets in Haiti through a Turbulent Decade (2001-2012) |
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Sifting through the Data : Labor Markets in Haiti through a Turbulent Decade (2001-2012) |
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sifting through the data : labor markets in haiti through a turbulent decade (2001-2012) |
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okr-10986-238992021-04-23T14:04:18Z Sifting through the Data : Labor Markets in Haiti through a Turbulent Decade (2001-2012) Scot, Thiago Rodella, Aude-Sophie EFFECTS OF GENDER JOBS EMPLOYMENT LABOR MARKET DEVELOPMENT HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SIZE EMPLOYMENT RATE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES WORKFORCE UNPAID FAMILY WORKERS ACCOUNTING OLDER MEN WORKING-AGE POPULATION WAGE GAP URBANIZATION PRODUCTION PRELIMINARY EVIDENCE RETIREMENT AGGLOMERATION EFFECT INFORMAL SECTOR LABOR MARKET VARIABLES YOUTH EMPLOYMENT MINIMUM WAGE MALE LABOR FORCE INCOME SERVICE SECTOR AGE GROUP LEVELS OF EDUCATION INFORMATION LABOR FORCE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISCRIMINATION LABOR SURVEYS JOB FEMALE EMPLOYMENT EFFECTS WAGE INCREASES NATIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT POLICY DISCUSSIONS PAYING JOBS PUBLICATIONS EMPLOYMENT RATES RETAIL TRADE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION NATIONAL LEVEL UNPAID WORKERS DRIVERS INEQUITIES SMALL BUSINESS ACTIVE EMPLOYMENT LABOR MARKET LABOR RELATION GENDER GAP QUALITY OF EDUCATION INFORMAL ECONOMY EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT WORKER PRODUCTIVITY UNEMPLOYED MIGRATION TRANSFERS MARKETS ORGANIZATIONS EMPLOYMENT INCREASE HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS SCHOOL QUALITY LABOR PRIME AGE PRIMARY SCHOOL POLICY DECISIONS TOTAL EMPLOYMENT WAGE INCREASE URBAN DWELLERS MORTALITY FINANCE FEMALE LABOR PROGRESS UNEMPLOYMENT HOUSEHOLD LEVEL EQUITY AVERAGE WAGES HUMAN CAPITAL YOUNG MEN EARTHQUAKE WORKERS LABOR MARKET CONDITIONS WAGES LABOR CODE POLICIES GENDER DIFFERENCES NATIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT RATES UNEMPLOYMENT RATE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION LABOR DEMAND POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER VALUE AVERAGE WAGE POLICY MAKERS MALE COUNTERPARTS PROBIT REGRESSION AGE GROUPS INCOME DISTRIBUTION URBAN AREAS UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISE FIRM PERFORMANCE LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES JOB CREATION LABOR RELATIONS PRIVATE SECTOR HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS EMPLOYMENT USES RURAL EMPLOYMENT ECONOMICS POLICY PRIVATE TRANSFERS CITIZENS JOB OFFER INSURANCE WAGE STRUCTURE SERVICE SECTORS ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES LEVEL OF EDUCATION HUMAN RESOURCES RURAL AREAS FEMALE LABOR FORCE SUPPLY EMPLOYEE WAGE DIFFERENTIALS GENDER INEQUITIES YOUNG PEOPLE POPULATION LAW PROFIT LIVING CONDITIONS INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT CHILD LABOR POLICY RESEARCH PRIMARY EDUCATION WOMEN WAGE DISTRIBUTION LABOUR LABOR MARKETS AIDS OUTCOMES RURAL DEVELOPMENT SECONDARY EDUCATION PRICES DEVELOPMENT POLICY EMPLOYEES In Latin America, labor markets have been the main channel through which growth has reduced poverty, with higher labor income accounting for 49 percent of the reduction in poverty in 2008–13. Understanding labor markets is critical to designing policies and programs aimed at reducing poverty. With close to 70 percent of the population under age 30 years, labor markets are bound to be central to defining Haiti's future. Yet, labor analysis in Haiti has been constrained by the dearth of data and the focus on measuring the impact of the 2010 earthquake. This present paper contributes to filling this gap by providing an overview of Haiti's labor markets and the determinants of labor income over a decade, focusing on growing urban areas. The paper also contributes to the research on Haiti in general, as well as labor markets in fragile countries such as Haiti, in particular through an unprecedented effort to harmonize three household surveys conducted between 2001 and 2012. Building on this exercise, the study provides new insights into the development of labor markets in a particularly turbulent decade for Haiti, one that was marked by the political crisis of 2004 and the earthquake of 2010. In spite of the earthquake, the analysis shows that Haiti’s labor markets are characterized by continuity over the period. Somewhat surprisingly, the defining features remain overall unchanged in spite of the shock, pointing to heavy forces shaping economic and labor dynamics. 2016-03-09T18:13:24Z 2016-03-09T18:13:24Z 2016-02 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/02/25888078/sifting-through-data-labor-markets-haiti-through-turbulent-decade-2001-2012 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23899 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7562 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Latin America & Caribbean Haiti |