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Jordan Jobs Diagnostic / Hernan Winkler.
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (formerly "World Bank E-Library Publications") Available online
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- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Winkler, Hernan.
- Series:
- Other papers.
- World Bank e-Library.
- Other papers
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Business Environment.
- Employment.
- Employment and Unemployment.
- Gender.
- Job Creation.
- Labor Market.
- Labor Markets.
- Migration.
- Skills Development and Labor Force Training.
- Social Protections and Labor.
- State-Owned Enterprises.
- Wages.
- Local Subjects:
- Business Environment.
- Employment.
- Employment and Unemployment.
- Gender.
- Job Creation.
- Labor Market.
- Labor Markets.
- Migration.
- Skills Development and Labor Force Training.
- Social Protections and Labor.
- State-Owned Enterprises.
- Wages.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, 2019.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- This report provides a detailed diagnostic of the Jordanian labor market. It finds that labor market outcomes are worsening in Jordan. It has one of the lowest levels of labor force participation in the world, and only one out of every three working-age Jordanians has a job. Low rates of firm entry and exit suggest that the process of creative destruction is limited. Most private sector firms are either small - and stay small or large and old. The share of employment in small firms -which tend to be less productive- is growing. Employment is increasingly informal, less productive. High levels of informality drive down overall levels of labor productivity and suggests that important distortions affect the allocation of resources in the economy. At the same time, a large inflow of Syrian refugees and economic migrants makes the need for job creation even more urgent.
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