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Pathways from Jobs to Social Cohesion / Wietzke, Frank-Borge
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (formerly "World Bank E-Library Publications") Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Wietzke, Frank-Borge
- Series:
- Policy research working papers.
- World Bank e-Library.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Communities & Human Settlements.
- Health, Nutrition and Population.
- Housing & Human Habitats.
- Labor Markets.
- Labor Policies.
- Macroeconomics and Economic Growth.
- Markets & Market Access.
- Population Policies.
- Social Cohesion.
- Social Protections and Labor.
- Subjective Wellbeing.
- Local Subjects:
- Communities & Human Settlements.
- Health, Nutrition and Population.
- Housing & Human Habitats.
- Labor Markets.
- Labor Policies.
- Macroeconomics and Economic Growth.
- Markets & Market Access.
- Population Policies.
- Social Cohesion.
- Social Protections and Labor.
- Subjective Wellbeing.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (34 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C., The World Bank, 2014
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- There is growing recognition that access to good jobs is an important driver of social cohesion. While economic dimensions of labor market outcomes are relatively well documented, evidence on the link between social cohesion and jobs is still surprisingly scarce. This paper, based on an earlier background report for the WDR 2013, presents empirical evidence for pathways between labor market outcomes and social cohesion. The findings indicate that formal employment is associated with a range of social outcomes and behaviors that are typically associated with higher levels of social cohesion. However, there are also indications that this relationship varies across dimensions of social wellbeing. In particular social interactions and political activism among those in regular employment can either improve the quality of aggregate institutions or deepen existing social divides.
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