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Economic Development and the Organisation of Labour: Evidence from the Jobs of the World Project

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  • Bandiera, Oriana

    (London School of Economics)

  • Elsayed, Ahmed

    (American University in Cairo)

  • Heil, Anton

    (London School of Economics)

  • Smurra, Andrea

    (University College London)

Abstract

The Jobs of the World Project is a public resource designed to enable research on jobs and poverty across and within countries over the entire development spectrum. At its core is a new data set assembled by harmonising Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) and National Censuses (IPUMS) for all countries and all years after 1990 where data is available. The current version covers 115 countries, observed 4 times on average. We use the data to show how the nature of jobs and their allocation vary within countries by wealth and gender and across countries by stages of development. We discuss evidence that shows how disparities at the micro level lead to a misuse of human potential that links individual poverty to national income.

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  • Bandiera, Oriana & Elsayed, Ahmed & Heil, Anton & Smurra, Andrea, 2022. "Economic Development and the Organisation of Labour: Evidence from the Jobs of the World Project," IZA Discussion Papers 15637, IZA Network @ LISER.
    • Handle: RePEc:iza:izadps:dp15637
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    JEL classification:

    • O11 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
    • O12 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
    • J01 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General - - - Labor Economics: General
    • J20 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - General

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