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The Quality of Jobs in Latin America and the Caribbean

13 Nov 2024

The creation of more and better jobs has been a key driver of poverty and inequality reduction.However, while estimates on the number of jobs are available for most countries,comprehensive measures of job quality are not typically reported systematically. This notecontributes to the filling of this gap by studying patterns of job quality across countries and overtime in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). This study uses the Job Quality Index (JQI) basedon Brummundi, Mann, and Rodriguez-Castelan (2018), which incorporates four keyemployment characteristics that are key to assessing job quality: earnings, benefits, security,and satisfaction.
social protections and labor::employment and unemployment poverty reduction::poverty reduction strategies macroeconomics and economic growth::markets and market access sdg 8 decent work and economic growth

Authors

Barreto, Karen, Winkler, Hernán, Diaz Bonilla, Carolina, Sanchez, Diana

Citation
“ Barreto, Karen ; Winkler, Hernán ; Diaz Bonilla, Carolina ; Sanchez, Diana . 2024 . The Quality of Jobs in Latin America and the Caribbean . © Washington, DC: World Bank . http://hdl.handle.net/10986/42411 License: CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO . ”
Collection(s)
Policy Notes
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1596/42411
Identifier externaldocumentum
34405890
Identifier internaldocumentum
34405890
Pages
13
Published in
United States of America
Report
194163
Rights
CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO
Rights Holder
World Bank
Rights URI
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/igo
UNIT
EFI-LCR-POV-Poverty and Equity (ELCPV)
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/42411
date disclosure
2024-11-13
region geographical
Caribbean , Latin America

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