Making work pay in Madagascar : employment, growth, and poverty reduction / Margo Hoftijzer, Pierella Paci.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hoftijzer, Margo.

Contributor:

Paci, Pierella, 1957-

World Bank.

Series:

Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). Poverty

Directions in development. Poverty

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor market--Madagascar.

Labor market.

Wages--Madagascar.

Wages.

Poverty--Madagascar.

Poverty.

Labor productivity--Madagascar.

Labor productivity.

Madagascar.

Physical Description:

xiv, 139 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : World Bank, 2008.

Summary:

Poor people derive most of their income from work. However, there is insufficient understanding of the role of employment and earnings as a link between growth and poverty reduction, especially in low-income countries. The Making Work Pay series analyzes the important roles of labor markets, employment, productivity, and labor income in facilitating shared growth and promoting poverty reduction.

Making Work Pay in Madagascar provides a description of the trends in growth, poverty, and labor market outcomes in Madagascar. It assesses the linkages among changes in output, employment, and labor productivity, and it links changes in the quality and quantity of employment to poverty reduction. The book also addresses other key issues, such as rural versus urban conditions, women and children in the labor market, and self-employment and household enterprises, and it identifies priorities for further analysis and policy intervention.

Making Work Pay in Madagascar will be of interest to development practitioners in international organizations, governments, research institutions, and universities with an interest in inclusive growth and the creation of productive employment.

Contents:

Objectives and Structure of This Report 2

Conclusions and a Proposed Way Forward 10

Chapter 2 Definitions and Data 13

Chapter 3 Country Context 19

Population, Income, and Poverty 19

Macroeconomic Context 22

Labor Market Outcomes 32

Chapter 4 Growth, Employment, and Labor Productivity 43

Comparing the Output and Employment Shares of Sectors and Subsectors 43

Decomposing Per Capita Growth into Labor Productivity, Employment, and Demographic Changes 49

Annex 4A The Shapley Decomposition 54

Annex 4B The Sources of Change in Labor Productivity 55

Chapter 5 Relating Aggregate and Sectoral Labor Productivity with Earnings 59

Review of Earnings Data 59

Sector Comparability 65

Chapter 6 Linking Employment and Earnings with Poverty 69

Employment and Earnings Profiles of the Population 70

Sectoral Employment, Earnings, and Poverty 77

The Various Sources of Labor Income and Their Links with Poverty 83

Annex 6A Employment and Population Tables 92

Annex 6B The Kakwani, Neri, and Son Decomposition of Household Labor Income 94

Annex 6C Changes in Labor Income and Sources of Change in Rural and Urban Areas and by Province 96

Chapter 7 Good Jobs, Bad Jobs 103

The Probability of Getting a Good Job 103

The Determinants of Earnings 107

Segmentation in the Wage Labor Market 111

Annex 7A Determinants of Male and Female, Urban and Rural Employment-Tables 117

Chapter 8 Conclusions and Suggestions for a Way Forward 123.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-134) and index.

ISBN:

9780821375303

082137530X

9780821375310

0821375318

OCLC:

226038263