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Inclusive Growth and Decent Jobs by Gender: The Case of Urban Areas in Bolivia

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  • Beatriz Muriel Hernández

    (Executive Director and Senior Principal Researcher of INESAD)

  • Sergio Mansilla

    (Junior Researcher of INESAD)

Abstract

This paper presents an empirical study of how inclusive was the extraordinary growth experienced by Bolivia between 2006 and 2019, in terms of decent job generation in urban areas and by gender. For this, we use the Ali and Son (2007) concentration curve of opportunities and approach the jobs with five rates proposed by Muriel (2014, 2019, 2020a, 2020b): i.e. job stability, Christmas wage bonus tenure, social protection access, sufficient labour income and membership of a labour association. The results show that growth was inclusive between 2006 and 2011; but it was not in further periods. Even, the percentage of workers with Christmas wage bonus, sufficient labor income and with affiliation to some labor association were lower in 2019 compared to 2006. In terms of gender gaps, the one associated with sufficient labor income stands out, but the main problems lie in the inequities of access to opportunities within the same female population.

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  • Beatriz Muriel Hernández & Sergio Mansilla, 2023. "Inclusive Growth and Decent Jobs by Gender: The Case of Urban Areas in Bolivia," Development Research Working Paper Series 04/2023, Institute for Advanced Development Studies.
    • Handle: RePEc:adv:wpaper:202304
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    Keywords

    Decent Jobs; Inclusive Growth; Gender.;
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    JEL classification:

    • D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
    • J29 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Other
    • J39 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Other
    • J83 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Standards - - - Workers' Rights

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