The Quality of Employment (QoE) in nine Latin American countries: A multidimensional perspective

Kirsten Sehnbruch, Pablo Gonzalez, Mauricio Apablaza, Rocío Méndez and Verónica Arriagada

World Development, 2020, vol. 127, issue C

Abstract: This paper proposes a methodology for measuring the quality of employment from a multidimensional and public policy perspective in Latin American developing countries (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay) using household and labour force survey data from 2015. The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate that the QoE can be measured using a multidimensional methodology that can inform policy makers about the state of their labour markets in a way that complements traditional variables such as participation or unemployment rates, which are not always good indicators of labour market performance in developing countries with large informal sectors.

Keywords: Quality of employment; Latin America; Labour markets; Capability approach; Alkire/Foster method; Multi-dimensional index (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2019.104738

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