El Salvador Job Diagnostic : Understanding Challenges for More and Better Jobs in El Salvador - An Integrated Approach

El Salvador Job Diagnostic : Understanding Challenges for More and Better Jobs in El Salvador - An Integrated Approach

El Salvador faces significant challenges in the labor market, many of which may not be obvious when looking at aggregate job figures. This report provides a detailed analysis of the Salvadoran labor market between 2000 and 2017 and identifies the m...

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Main Authors: Banegas, Nancy, Winkler, Hernan
Format: Report
Language:Spanish
Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2020
Subjects:
JOB CREATION
MACROECONOMIC TRENDS
LOW-PRODUCTIVITY TRAP
LABOR DEMAND
LABOR MARKET
JOB QUALITY
LABOR SUPPLY
LABOR SKILLS
GENDER GAP
YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/986781603959124528/Understanding-Challenges-for-More-and-Better-Jobs-in-El-Salvador-An-Integrated-Approach
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spelling okr-10986-346992021-05-25T09:59:02Z El Salvador Job Diagnostic : Understanding Challenges for More and Better Jobs in El Salvador - An Integrated Approach Banegas, Nancy Winkler, Hernan JOB CREATION MACROECONOMIC TRENDS LOW-PRODUCTIVITY TRAP LABOR DEMAND LABOR MARKET JOB QUALITY LABOR SUPPLY LABOR SKILLS GENDER GAP YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT El Salvador faces significant challenges in the labor market, many of which may not be obvious when looking at aggregate job figures. This report provides a detailed analysis of the Salvadoran labor market between 2000 and 2017 and identifies the main bottlenecks preventing the creation of more and better jobs. It does so in three blocks. First, it describes the main trends in economic growth, its drivers, and implications for job creation. Second, it provides an in-depth analysis of factors constraining the demand for labor. Third, it analyzes which are the skills that the private sector is demanding, and what are the factors contributing to the wide and persistent gender and youth gaps in the labor market. The report concludes with policy recommendations to create more and better jobs in El Salvador. 2020-10-29T16:48:27Z 2020-10-29T16:48:27Z 2020-10-28 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/986781603959124528/Understanding-Challenges-for-More-and-Better-Jobs-in-El-Salvador-An-Integrated-Approach http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34699 Spanish Job Series;No. 24 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Other Social Protection Study Latin America & Caribbean El Salvador
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topic JOB CREATION
MACROECONOMIC TRENDS
LOW-PRODUCTIVITY TRAP
LABOR DEMAND
LABOR MARKET
JOB QUALITY
LABOR SUPPLY
LABOR SKILLS
GENDER GAP
YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
spellingShingle JOB CREATION
MACROECONOMIC TRENDS
LOW-PRODUCTIVITY TRAP
LABOR DEMAND
LABOR MARKET
JOB QUALITY
LABOR SUPPLY
LABOR SKILLS
GENDER GAP
YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
Banegas, Nancy
Winkler, Hernan
El Salvador Job Diagnostic : Understanding Challenges for More and Better Jobs in El Salvador - An Integrated Approach
geographic_facet Latin America & Caribbean
El Salvador
relation Job Series;No. 24
description El Salvador faces significant challenges in the labor market, many of which may not be obvious when looking at aggregate job figures. This report provides a detailed analysis of the Salvadoran labor market between 2000 and 2017 and identifies the main bottlenecks preventing the creation of more and better jobs. It does so in three blocks. First, it describes the main trends in economic growth, its drivers, and implications for job creation. Second, it provides an in-depth analysis of factors constraining the demand for labor. Third, it analyzes which are the skills that the private sector is demanding, and what are the factors contributing to the wide and persistent gender and youth gaps in the labor market. The report concludes with policy recommendations to create more and better jobs in El Salvador.
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author Banegas, Nancy
Winkler, Hernan
author_facet Banegas, Nancy
Winkler, Hernan
author_sort Banegas, Nancy
title El Salvador Job Diagnostic : Understanding Challenges for More and Better Jobs in El Salvador - An Integrated Approach
title_short El Salvador Job Diagnostic : Understanding Challenges for More and Better Jobs in El Salvador - An Integrated Approach
title_full El Salvador Job Diagnostic : Understanding Challenges for More and Better Jobs in El Salvador - An Integrated Approach
title_fullStr El Salvador Job Diagnostic : Understanding Challenges for More and Better Jobs in El Salvador - An Integrated Approach
title_full_unstemmed El Salvador Job Diagnostic : Understanding Challenges for More and Better Jobs in El Salvador - An Integrated Approach
title_sort el salvador job diagnostic : understanding challenges for more and better jobs in el salvador - an integrated approach
publisher Washington, DC: World Bank
publishDate 2020
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/986781603959124528/Understanding-Challenges-for-More-and-Better-Jobs-in-El-Salvador-An-Integrated-Approach
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