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View article: The Growth–Employment–Poverty Nexus in Africa
The Growth–Employment–Poverty Nexus in Africa Open
This paper focuses on employment and the labour market as a key mechanism leading from growth to poverty reduction in Africa. Given that the development goals are economy-wide outcomes—less poverty, shared prosperity, more and better job o…
View article: The job ladder
The job ladder Open
This chapter outlines the content and scope of the book. Further, it sets out the intended intellectual contribution of the book. Using a range of countries from the Global South, the book examines heterogeneity within informal work by app…
View article: How to transform informal work and livelihoods?
How to transform informal work and livelihoods? Open
In this concluding chapter, the editors present the summary of lessons learnt from the 11 case studies in the book. In addition, a comparative perspective on the distribution of workers, as well as the job ladder between work status groups…
View article: The job ladder
The job ladder Open
Subject Economic Development and Growth Collection: Oxford Scholarship Online
View article: Work status definition and operationalization
Work status definition and operationalization Open
Subject Economic Development and Growth Collection: Oxford Scholarship Online
View article: The Job Ladder
The Job Ladder Open
Using a range of countries from the Global South, this book examines heterogeneity within informal work by applying a common conceptual framework and empirical methodology. The country studies use panel data to study the dynamics of worker…
View article: Work status dynamics
Work status dynamics Open
Subject Economic Development and Growth Collection: Oxford Scholarship Online
View article: Informality and work status
Informality and work status Open
The most important determinant of the livelihoods of households is how much they earn for their labour. People in informal work are more likely to be low earners, to live in poverty, and to make fewer transitions into the higher-paying wor…
View article: Issue Information
Issue Information Open
vendor code of ethics, and engaging our colleagues and other stakeholders in our efforts.
View article: Inequality and Panel Income Changes: Conditions for Possibilities and Impossibilities
Inequality and Panel Income Changes: Conditions for Possibilities and Impossibilities Open
The question of who benefits from economic growth is usually assessed by using cross section data to calculate changes in income inequality. An alternative is to assess patterns of panel income changes. We derive theoretical conditions rec…
View article: Informality and work status
Informality and work status Open
The most important determinant of households’ livelihoods is how much they earn for their labour. People in informal work are more likely to be low earners, to live in poverty, and to make fewer transitions into the higher-paying work stat…
View article: Assessing Progress Toward Greater Equality of Income Distribution
Assessing Progress Toward Greater Equality of Income Distribution Open
In this chapter, Cary S. Fields raises more doubts about the income inequality data used in many studies and challenges the interpretation of those data. He begins by pointing out a number of flaws in the inequality data, noting that the a…
View article: Self-employment and poverty in developing countries
Self-employment and poverty in developing countries Open
A key way for the world's poor to escape poverty is to earn more for their labor. Most of the world's poor people are self-employed, but because there are few opportunities in most developing countries for them to earn enough to escape pov…
View article: Evolution of Labour Market Indicators over the 2000s by Country
Evolution of Labour Market Indicators over the 2000s by Country Open
Subject Economic Development and Growth Collection: Oxford Scholarship Online
View article: List of Figures
List of Figures Open
Subject Economic Development and Growth Collection: Oxford Scholarship Online
View article: Growth, Employment, and Poverty in Latin America
Growth, Employment, and Poverty in Latin America Open
This book examines the links between economic growth, changing employment conditions, and the reduction of poverty in Latin America in the 2000s. Its analysis answers the following broad questions: Has economic growth resulted in gains in …
View article: Cross-Country Relationship between Changes in Labour Market Indicators and Changes in Macroeconomic Variables during the 2000s
Cross-Country Relationship between Changes in Labour Market Indicators and Changes in Macroeconomic Variables during the 2000s Open
Subject Economic Development and Growth Collection: Oxford Scholarship Online
View article: Growth, Employment, and Poverty in Latin America
Growth, Employment, and Poverty in Latin America Open
Este libro analiza el vínculo entre crecimiento económico, cambio en las condiciones de empleo y reducción de la pobreza en América Latina en los 2000s. Nuestra contribución es el análisis en profundidad del nexo crecimiento-empleo- pobrez…
View article: Cross‐Sectional Versus Panel Income Approaches: Analyzing Income Distribution Changes for the Case of Mexico
Cross‐Sectional Versus Panel Income Approaches: Analyzing Income Distribution Changes for the Case of Mexico Open
In this paper we reconcile, both theoretically and empirically, changes in cross‐sectional inequality with patterns of panel income changes during periods of economic growth and decline. Using panel earnings data from Mexico, we find that …
View article: Job Creation in a Multi-Sector Labor Market Model for Developing Economies
Job Creation in a Multi-Sector Labor Market Model for Developing Economies Open
This paper proposes an overlapping generations multi-sector model of the labor market for developing countries with three heterogeneities - heterogeneity within self-employment, heterogeneity in ability, and heterogeneity in age. We revisi…
View article: Aid, Growth and Jobs
Aid, Growth and Jobs Open
Various development objectives are worthy, but one objective merits special attention: reducing the scourge of absolute economic misery in the world. This study focuses on an important but relatively underemphasized approach to poverty red…
View article: The growth-employment-poverty nexus in Latin America in the 2000s: Colombia country study
The growth-employment-poverty nexus in Latin America in the 2000s: Colombia country study Open
Between 2000 and 2013, Colombia experienced rapid economic growth. The country suffered a slowdown at the beginning of the period and during the international crisis of 2008, but during both slowdowns, the growth rate never turned negative…
View article: The growth-employment-poverty nexus in Latin America in the 2000s: Brazil country study
The growth-employment-poverty nexus in Latin America in the 2000s: Brazil country study Open
During the 2000s, Brazil experienced slow economic growth and a substantial improvement in labour market indicators. From 2001 to 2012, Brazil grew less than the Latin American average. However, the unemployment rate decreased, the employm…
View article: The growth-employment-poverty nexus in Latin America in the 2000s: Cross-country analysis
The growth-employment-poverty nexus in Latin America in the 2000s: Cross-country analysis Open
In the great majority of Latin American countries in the 2000s, economic growth took place and brought about improvements in almost all labour market indicators and consequent reductions in poverty rates. Across countries, economic growth …
View article: The growth-employment-poverty nexus in Latin America in the 2000s: Peru country study
The growth-employment-poverty nexus in Latin America in the 2000s: Peru country study Open
The Peruvian economy performed exceptionally well between 2000 and 2012, with a growth performance that placed the country well above the regional average and an improvement in all labour market indicators. The economy suffered a slowdown …
View article: The growth-employment-poverty nexus in Latin America in the 2000s: Panama country study
The growth-employment-poverty nexus in Latin America in the 2000s: Panama country study Open
Between 2000 and 2012, Panama boasted the strongest economic growth in Latin America. The growth experience was not uniform: the 2000-02 period was marked by slow or negative growth rates, after which growth was exceptionally rapid. Althou…