Nonstandard Forms of Employment in Developing Countries : A Study for a Set of Selected Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean and Europe and Central Asia
The objective of this paper is to study the evolution of the incidence and profile of nonstandard workers in selected countries in Latin America and the Caribbean and Europe and Central Asia in the past two decades. The analysis of the profile of t...
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okr-10986-304262021-06-08T14:42:47Z Nonstandard Forms of Employment in Developing Countries : A Study for a Set of Selected Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean and Europe and Central Asia Apella, Ignacio Zunino, Gonzalo EMPLOYMENT INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT PART-TIME EMPLOYMENT LABOR PRODUCTIVITY The objective of this paper is to study the evolution of the incidence and profile of nonstandard workers in selected countries in Latin America and the Caribbean and Europe and Central Asia in the past two decades. The analysis of the profile of this group of workers focuses on three key characteristics that could approximate their productivity: education level, labor income, and task content (manual/cognitive or routine/nonroutine) performed by the workers in their occupations. While in Latin America most of the countries show a stable prevalence in recent decades, in Europe and Central Asia there is not any common pattern across countries. In contrast, from the point of view of the profile of nonstable employment, there are several common characteristics among these types of workers across countries, such as improved level of education, performance of more intensive nonroutine cognitive tasks, and higher variance of labor income. The findings suggest that nonstandard workers are a heterogeneous group. The increase in the incidence of nonstandard employment and its heterogeneity generates concern about the lower level of insurance against certain risks that workers face. Therefore, a greater understanding of the trends in the prevalence and characteristics of nonstandard workers is needed to design regulation and policies oriented to these types of workers. 2018-09-14T19:54:51Z 2018-09-14T19:54:51Z 2018-09 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/246711536777440870/Nonstandard-Forms-of-Employment-in-Developing-Countries-A-Study-for-a-Set-of-Selected-Countries-in-Latin-America-and-the-Caribbean-and-Europe-and-Central-Asia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30426 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8581 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 Europe and Central Asia Latin America & Caribbean Central America Central Asia Eastern Europe Europe Europe and Central Asia Latin America |
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EMPLOYMENT INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT PART-TIME EMPLOYMENT LABOR PRODUCTIVITY Apella, Ignacio Zunino, Gonzalo Nonstandard Forms of Employment in Developing Countries : A Study for a Set of Selected Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean and Europe and Central Asia |
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The objective of this paper is to study
the evolution of the incidence and profile of nonstandard
workers in selected countries in Latin America and the
Caribbean and Europe and Central Asia in the past two
decades. The analysis of the profile of this group of
workers focuses on three key characteristics that could
approximate their productivity: education level, labor
income, and task content (manual/cognitive or
routine/nonroutine) performed by the workers in their
occupations. While in Latin America most of the countries
show a stable prevalence in recent decades, in Europe and
Central Asia there is not any common pattern across
countries. In contrast, from the point of view of the
profile of nonstable employment, there are several common
characteristics among these types of workers across
countries, such as improved level of education, performance
of more intensive nonroutine cognitive tasks, and higher
variance of labor income. The findings suggest that
nonstandard workers are a heterogeneous group. The increase
in the incidence of nonstandard employment and its
heterogeneity generates concern about the lower level of
insurance against certain risks that workers face.
Therefore, a greater understanding of the trends in the
prevalence and characteristics of nonstandard workers is
needed to design regulation and policies oriented to these
types of workers. |
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Working Paper |
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Apella, Ignacio Zunino, Gonzalo |
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Apella, Ignacio Zunino, Gonzalo |
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Apella, Ignacio |
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Nonstandard Forms of Employment in Developing Countries : A Study for a Set of Selected Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean and Europe and Central Asia |
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Nonstandard Forms of Employment in Developing Countries : A Study for a Set of Selected Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean and Europe and Central Asia |
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Nonstandard Forms of Employment in Developing Countries : A Study for a Set of Selected Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean and Europe and Central Asia |
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Nonstandard Forms of Employment in Developing Countries : A Study for a Set of Selected Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean and Europe and Central Asia |
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Nonstandard Forms of Employment in Developing Countries : A Study for a Set of Selected Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean and Europe and Central Asia |
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nonstandard forms of employment in developing countries : a study for a set of selected countries in latin america and the caribbean and europe and central asia |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2018 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/246711536777440870/Nonstandard-Forms-of-Employment-in-Developing-Countries-A-Study-for-a-Set-of-Selected-Countries-in-Latin-America-and-the-Caribbean-and-Europe-and-Central-Asia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30426 |
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