Identifying vulnerable groups in the Kyrgyz labour market: some implications for the national poverty reduction strategy

Sabine Bernabe and Alexandre Kolev

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Abstract: This paper investigates the overlap between employment status and poverty, drawing particular attention to the working poor and precarious workers, and to the existence of multiple labor-related risks faced by specific groups. This analysis is undertaken using the Kyrgyz Poverty Monitoring Survey, which is the only survey to date that allows a comprehensive analysis of poverty and labor market outcomes in the Kyrgyz Republic. The period under investigation covers the years 1997-1998, for which data are available. A key finding of this analysis is the extreme vulnerability of low-educated people and women in Kyrgyzstan, who cumulated a high risk of being unemployed, of remaining longer in unemployment, of being discouraged, and if employed, of being low-paid or working in precarious jobs.

Keywords: household surveys; unemployment; employment; working conditions; poverty; wage determination; vulnerable groups (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I30 J15 J21 J81 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 52 pages
Date: 2003-06
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