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Demographic and Spatial Disparities in Labor Market Outcomes within the Kinshasa Urban Landscape

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  • Batana,Yele Maweki
  • Jarotschkin,Alexandra
  • Konou,Akakpo Domefa
  • Masaki,Takaaki
  • Nakamura,Shohei
  • Viboudoulou Vilpoux,Mervy Ever

Abstract

This paper examines the labor market and jobs in urban Kinshasa, by drawing on a recentlycollected household survey and other data sets. It particularly focuses on labor supply and employmentpatterns, job characteristics, and their spatial nexus. The analysis first shows that female and young workers are morelikely to experience unemployment and underemployment than other workers in Kinshasa. Second, the availability of goodquality jobs is still limited in Kinshasa. Third, in addition to the scarcity of good jobs, which areconcentrated in the city core, poor accessibility due to the limited connective infrastructure and transport systemfurther reduces job opportunities for people living in the outskirts.

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  • Batana,Yele Maweki & Jarotschkin,Alexandra & Konou,Akakpo Domefa & Masaki,Takaaki & Nakamura,Shohei & Viboudoulou Vilpoux,Mervy Ever, 2021. "Demographic and Spatial Disparities in Labor Market Outcomes within the Kinshasa Urban Landscape," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9856, The World Bank.
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    1. Nakamura,Shohei & Avner,Paolo, 2018. "Spatial Distributions of Job Accessibility, Housing Rents, and Poverty in Nairobi, Kenya," Policy Research Working Paper Series 8654, The World Bank.
    2. Reyes Aterido & Alvaro Gonzalez & Dino Merotto & Carly Petracco & Javier Sanchez-Reaza, 2018. "Democratic Republic of Congo Jobs Diagnostic," World Bank Publications - Reports 29327, The World Bank Group.
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