Job Quality and Poverty in Latin America
Labor market dynamics have played a significant role in the remarkable social gains experienced across Latin America over the recent past. Assessing the quality of employment, beyond the perspective of income, to include other fundamental aspects o...
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okr-10986-258302021-06-08T14:42:46Z Job Quality and Poverty in Latin America Brummund, Peter Mann, Christopher Rodriguez-Castelan, Carlos job quality poverty employment benefits job security human capital accumulation inclusive growth terms of trade commodity boom Labor market dynamics have played a significant role in the remarkable social gains experienced across Latin America over the recent past. Assessing the quality of employment, beyond the perspective of income, to include other fundamental aspects of jobs --such as whether jobs are secure, provide benefits, or allow human capital accumulation -- can shed light on the sustainability of these achievements. This is particularly pertinent given the region's current economic slowdown. Using harmonized data for 17 countries in Latin America, this paper connects the role of job quality with the recent process of inclusive growth across the region, and particularly with how individuals worked their way out of poverty. The paper first proposes a multi-dimensional measure for job quality, and then uses this measure to compare job quality across countries and over time. The paper also studies some of the correlates of job quality and the relationship between job quality and poverty. The main finding is that job quality across the region began to increase since 2004, coupled with the favorable terms of trade brought to the region by the commodities super cycle of the 2000s. The best predictors of job quality are age, gender, education, formal employment, and union membership. Both health and retirement benefits are the dimensions of job quality that are best correlated with not living in poverty. 2017-01-10T17:57:18Z 2017-01-10T17:57:18Z 2016-12 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/484611482350883806/Job-quality-and-poverty-in-Latin-America http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25830 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7927 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 |
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Labor market dynamics have played a
significant role in the remarkable social gains experienced
across Latin America over the recent past. Assessing the
quality of employment, beyond the perspective of income, to
include other fundamental aspects of jobs --such as whether
jobs are secure, provide benefits, or allow human capital
accumulation -- can shed light on the sustainability of
these achievements. This is particularly pertinent given the
region's current economic slowdown. Using harmonized
data for 17 countries in Latin America, this paper connects
the role of job quality with the recent process of inclusive
growth across the region, and particularly with how
individuals worked their way out of poverty. The paper first
proposes a multi-dimensional measure for job quality, and
then uses this measure to compare job quality across
countries and over time. The paper also studies some of the
correlates of job quality and the relationship between job
quality and poverty. The main finding is that job quality
across the region began to increase since 2004, coupled with
the favorable terms of trade brought to the region by the
commodities super cycle of the 2000s. The best predictors of
job quality are age, gender, education, formal employment,
and union membership. Both health and retirement benefits
are the dimensions of job quality that are best correlated
with not living in poverty. |
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Brummund, Peter Mann, Christopher Rodriguez-Castelan, Carlos |
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Brummund, Peter Mann, Christopher Rodriguez-Castelan, Carlos |
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Brummund, Peter |
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Job Quality and Poverty in Latin America |
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Job Quality and Poverty in Latin America |
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Job Quality and Poverty in Latin America |
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Job Quality and Poverty in Latin America |
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Job Quality and Poverty in Latin America |
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job quality and poverty in latin america |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2017 |
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