Employment in South Asia : A New Dataset

This paper presents a new dataset of comparable employment indicators for South Asian countries, constructed from more than 60 primary data sources from 2001 to 2017. The main contribution of the paper is to curate the information provided by indiv...

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Main Authors:	Beyer, Robert C.M., Chocce, Milagros, Rama, Martin
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
Subjects:	EMPLOYMENT LABOR FORCE SURVEY DATA HARMONIZATION SELF-EMPLOYMENT FAMILY WORK FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/736971552481304605/Employment-in-South-Asia-A-New-Dataset http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31405

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spelling	okr-10986-314052022-09-19T12:16:29Z Employment in South Asia : A New Dataset Beyer, Robert C.M. Chocce, Milagros Rama, Martin EMPLOYMENT LABOR FORCE SURVEY DATA HARMONIZATION SELF-EMPLOYMENT FAMILY WORK FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION This paper presents a new dataset of comparable employment indicators for South Asian countries, constructed from more than 60 primary data sources from 2001 to 2017. The main contribution of the paper is to curate the information provided by individual respondents to censuses and surveys, in a way that is consistent across countries and over time. The usefulness of the dataset is illustrated by conducting a rigorous assessment of employment characteristics, of changes in employment over time, and of the short- and long-run relationship between economic growth and employment growth in South Asia. The exercise shows that agriculture still employs the majority of the working-age population across the region and, except in Sri Lanka, more than half of the employment is self-employment or unpaid family work. The paper also shows that employment rates are generally decreasing in South Asia, and that in some countries female employment rates are falling rapidly. Seasonal growth patterns are shown to affect the composition of employment, while non-seasonal changes in short-run growth affect the overall level of employment. The paper estimates that, in the long run, one percentage point growth of gross domestic product has led on average to a 0.34 percent increase in employment. 2019-03-14T21:13:07Z 2019-03-14T21:13:07Z 2019-03 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/736971552481304605/Employment-in-South-Asia-A-New-Dataset http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31405 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8779 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 South Asia
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description	This paper presents a new dataset of comparable employment indicators for South Asian countries, constructed from more than 60 primary data sources from 2001 to 2017. The main contribution of the paper is to curate the information provided by individual respondents to censuses and surveys, in a way that is consistent across countries and over time. The usefulness of the dataset is illustrated by conducting a rigorous assessment of employment characteristics, of changes in employment over time, and of the short- and long-run relationship between economic growth and employment growth in South Asia. The exercise shows that agriculture still employs the majority of the working-age population across the region and, except in Sri Lanka, more than half of the employment is self-employment or unpaid family work. The paper also shows that employment rates are generally decreasing in South Asia, and that in some countries female employment rates are falling rapidly. Seasonal growth patterns are shown to affect the composition of employment, while non-seasonal changes in short-run growth affect the overall level of employment. The paper estimates that, in the long run, one percentage point growth of gross domestic product has led on average to a 0.34 percent increase in employment.
format	Working Paper
author	Beyer, Robert C.M. Chocce, Milagros Rama, Martin
author_facet	Beyer, Robert C.M. Chocce, Milagros Rama, Martin
author_sort	Beyer, Robert C.M.
title	Employment in South Asia : A New Dataset
title_short	Employment in South Asia : A New Dataset
title_full	Employment in South Asia : A New Dataset
title_fullStr	Employment in South Asia : A New Dataset
title_full_unstemmed	Employment in South Asia : A New Dataset
title_sort	employment in south asia : a new dataset
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2019
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/736971552481304605/Employment-in-South-Asia-A-New-Dataset http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31405
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Employment in South Asia : A New Dataset

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