Dominican Republic Jobs Diagnostic

By many measures, the Dominican Republic experienced a stellar economic performance since the early 2000s. Upon closer inspection, however, progress has been slower than the aggregate indicators suggest. The fact that economic growth did not fully...

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Main Authors:	Winkler, Hernan, Montenegro, Miriam
Format:	Report
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2021
Subjects:	PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH LABOR MARKET EMPLOYMENT JOB QUALITY LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR SKILLS DEVELOPMENT GENDER MIGRATION LABOR DEMAND BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 PANDEMIC IMPACT PANDEMIC RESPONSE WAGE-PRODUCTIVITY GAP
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/820141619770918898/Dominican-Republic-Jobs-Diagnostic http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35535

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spelling	okr-10986-355352021-05-05T05:10:57Z Dominican Republic Jobs Diagnostic Winkler, Hernan Montenegro, Miriam PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH LABOR MARKET EMPLOYMENT JOB QUALITY LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR SKILLS DEVELOPMENT GENDER MIGRATION LABOR DEMAND BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 PANDEMIC IMPACT PANDEMIC RESPONSE WAGE-PRODUCTIVITY GAP By many measures, the Dominican Republic experienced a stellar economic performance since the early 2000s. Upon closer inspection, however, progress has been slower than the aggregate indicators suggest. The fact that economic growth did not fully translate into higher job quality may help explain why the country’s poverty indicators only declined at the same average pace as other countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, even though its per capita gross domestic product (GDP) grew almost twice as fast as the regional average. This Jobs Diagnostic argues that the main labor market challenge facing the Dominican Republic is how to increase the quality of jobs in a sustained manner. Meeting this challenge is important both for achieving greater poverty reduction and shared prosperity in the medium term, as well as for rendering jobs less vulnerable to the risks posed by longer-term automation and globalization trends. This report presents new findings on the main bottlenecks that are hindering the creation of better jobs in the Dominican Republic and outlines the elements of a jobs strategy that can help remove them. 2021-05-04T13:26:44Z 2021-05-04T13:26:44Z 2021-05 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/820141619770918898/Dominican-Republic-Jobs-Diagnostic http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35535 English Job Series;No. 28 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 Dominican Republic
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topic	PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH LABOR MARKET EMPLOYMENT JOB QUALITY LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR SKILLS DEVELOPMENT GENDER MIGRATION LABOR DEMAND BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 PANDEMIC IMPACT PANDEMIC RESPONSE WAGE-PRODUCTIVITY GAP
spellingShingle	PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH LABOR MARKET EMPLOYMENT JOB QUALITY LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR SKILLS DEVELOPMENT GENDER MIGRATION LABOR DEMAND BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 PANDEMIC IMPACT PANDEMIC RESPONSE WAGE-PRODUCTIVITY GAP Winkler, Hernan Montenegro, Miriam Dominican Republic Jobs Diagnostic
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description	By many measures, the Dominican Republic experienced a stellar economic performance since the early 2000s. Upon closer inspection, however, progress has been slower than the aggregate indicators suggest. The fact that economic growth did not fully translate into higher job quality may help explain why the country’s poverty indicators only declined at the same average pace as other countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, even though its per capita gross domestic product (GDP) grew almost twice as fast as the regional average. This Jobs Diagnostic argues that the main labor market challenge facing the Dominican Republic is how to increase the quality of jobs in a sustained manner. Meeting this challenge is important both for achieving greater poverty reduction and shared prosperity in the medium term, as well as for rendering jobs less vulnerable to the risks posed by longer-term automation and globalization trends. This report presents new findings on the main bottlenecks that are hindering the creation of better jobs in the Dominican Republic and outlines the elements of a jobs strategy that can help remove them.
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title	Dominican Republic Jobs Diagnostic
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publisher	Washington, DC: World Bank
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