Kazakhstan Labor Market Outcomes : Achievements and Remaining Challenges

This note presents a detailed analysis of jobs in Kazakhstan at the macro and individual levels, including regional and socio-economic disparities. At the macro level, it includes a diagnostic of the links between economic growth, jobs, and product...

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Main Authors: Strokova, Victoria, Elzir, Angela, Margolis, David
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spelling okr-10986-274792021-05-25T10:54:40Z Kazakhstan Labor Market Outcomes : Achievements and Remaining Challenges Strokova, Victoria Elzir, Angela Margolis, David LABOR MARKET DEMOGRAPHICS EMPLOYMENT WAGES JOBS POVERTY This note presents a detailed analysis of jobs in Kazakhstan at the macro and individual levels, including regional and socio-economic disparities. At the macro level, it includes a diagnostic of the links between economic growth, jobs, and productivity across different economic sectors. At the individual level, the analysis focuses on labor market outcomes of women and men, young and adult workers, residents of urban and rural areas, and people in the bottom 40 percent of the consumption distribution. It also presents a detailed analysis of determinants of employment and wages. The rest of the note is organized as follows: section two discusses the relationship between economic growth, jobs, and productivity across different economic sectors. Section three discusses demographic trends and overall labor market outcomes. Section four focuses on assessing spatial and sectoral differences in access to jobs, including for those in the bottom 40 percent. Section five concludes with a discussion of challenges and broad policy implications. 2017-06-29T22:30:58Z 2017-06-29T22:30:58Z 2016 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/773971497857554882/Kazakhstan-Labor-market-outcomes-achievements-and-remaining-challenges http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27479 English en_US Jobs Series;No. 4 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Other Social Protection Study Europe and Central Asia Kazakhstan
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topic LABOR MARKET
DEMOGRAPHICS
EMPLOYMENT
WAGES
JOBS
POVERTY
spellingShingle LABOR MARKET
DEMOGRAPHICS
EMPLOYMENT
WAGES
JOBS
POVERTY
Strokova, Victoria
Elzir, Angela
Margolis, David
Kazakhstan Labor Market Outcomes : Achievements and Remaining Challenges
geographic_facet Europe and Central Asia
Kazakhstan
relation Jobs Series;No. 4
description This note presents a detailed analysis of jobs in Kazakhstan at the macro and individual levels, including regional and socio-economic disparities. At the macro level, it includes a diagnostic of the links between economic growth, jobs, and productivity across different economic sectors. At the individual level, the analysis focuses on labor market outcomes of women and men, young and adult workers, residents of urban and rural areas, and people in the bottom 40 percent of the consumption distribution. It also presents a detailed analysis of determinants of employment and wages. The rest of the note is organized as follows: section two discusses the relationship between economic growth, jobs, and productivity across different economic sectors. Section three discusses demographic trends and overall labor market outcomes. Section four focuses on assessing spatial and sectoral differences in access to jobs, including for those in the bottom 40 percent. Section five concludes with a discussion of challenges and broad policy implications.
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author Strokova, Victoria
Elzir, Angela
Margolis, David
author_facet Strokova, Victoria
Elzir, Angela
Margolis, David
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title Kazakhstan Labor Market Outcomes : Achievements and Remaining Challenges
title_short Kazakhstan Labor Market Outcomes : Achievements and Remaining Challenges
title_full Kazakhstan Labor Market Outcomes : Achievements and Remaining Challenges
title_fullStr Kazakhstan Labor Market Outcomes : Achievements and Remaining Challenges
title_full_unstemmed Kazakhstan Labor Market Outcomes : Achievements and Remaining Challenges
title_sort kazakhstan labor market outcomes : achievements and remaining challenges
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publishDate 2017
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