Kosovo Jobs Diagnostic

Alexandru Cojocaru

No 27583802, Jobs Group Papers, Notes, and Guides from The World Bank

Abstract: Kosovo's economy experienced strong growth over the past decade. Has growth translated into robust job creation? Do those in the bottom forty percent of the population have access to employment opportunities that can translate into sustainable shared prosperity? This report seeks to provide an integrated analysis of the demand-side and supply-side constraints to job creation and employment; and highlighting salient issues like informality and skill mismatches. Bringing together evidence from a number of data sources, including surveys of household budgets and labor force, as well as firm-level panel data and a specialized survey capturing the employers' assessments of demand and supply of skills in Kosovo, the report tries to provide evidence to argue that reforms aimed at adopting the right set of rules, and developing the right set of skills, to promote job creation, will be vital to reduce inactivity and youth disenfranchisement, and to productively employ the demographic dividend.

Keywords: net job creation; lack of employment opportunities; lack of employment opportunity; Primary and Secondary Education; number of asylum seekers; Life in Transition Survey; Public and Publicly Guaranteed; micro firms; working age population; public sector wage; economies of scale; constraints to growth; global financial crisis; macroeconomic and fiscal; education beyond primary; number of workers; labor market participation; application for asylum; incidence of poverty; privileges and immunity; productivity of capital; agriculture and service; total factor productivity; cost of quality; degree of informality; reason for migration; remittances from migrant; quality and relevance; high unemployment rate; household level data; quality of education; gross value; labor market outcome; labor market indicator; unemployment among woman; share of work; political business cycle; revenue from privatization; cost of access; share of export; external financial crisis; tax policy change; export of goods; transmission and distribution; electric power generation; agricultural labor force; job creation rate; number of jobs; expansionary fiscal policy; business environment constraints; high population growth; flexible work arrangement; Rule of Law; share of employment; types of firms; per capita income; formal sector; registry data; survival rate; firm growth; firm size; job destruction; human capital; firm dynamic; total employment; fiscal deficit; demographic dividend; internal market; skill mismatch; informal sector; job flow; export market; public debt; young population; private consumption; domestic saving; domestic demand; skill shortage; sectoral investment; cross-country comparison; elder care; jobs diagnostic; import substitution; age cohort; world market; young woman; productivity gain; informal firms; private investment; trade regulation; employment creation; Real estate; geographic concentration; Capital Investments; capital accumulation; production capacity; transition matrix; firm entry; construction sector; manufacturing sector; full-time employment; population increase; job performance; population structure; fiscal development; aging population; investment account; construction services; parental care; construction material; net export; fertility rate; replacement rate; childcare center; income source; postsecondary education; high share; capital resource; aggregate demand; customs datum; import data; maternity leave; employment share; panel data; world economy; productivity dynamic; income shock; higher growth; comparator country; disadvantaged area; average share; small economy; small states; export performance; rural transportation infrastructure; economic shock; international market; public finance; fiscal envelope; economic recovery; productive capital; production base; large population; fiscal balance; fiscal stance; Public Spending; Population Projection; foreign buyer; firm exit; entry rate; firm survival; trade integration; property right; industrial sector; political instability; productivity growth; regional concentration; intermediate input; largest firms; job offer; domestic crisis; youth unemployment; Trade Linkages; agricultural productivity; illegal migration; qualified specialist; informal channel; original work; political situation; equitable access; educational opportunity; early age; copyright owner; family reunification; capital stock; educational level; fiscal pressure; discouraged worker; social concern; commercial purpose; sole responsibility; female unemployment; small country; government institution; increasing share; welfare outcome; low-income household; economic sector; labor resource; educated workforce; construction permit; social tension; minority investor; certification system; primary reason; institutional care; hiring decisions; firm level; transaction cost; export agriculture; weather condition; Economic Mobility; physical infrastructure; political connections; transition period; political tension; tradable good; geographical location; family care; negative shock; regulatory environment; Informal Jobs; domestic debt; consumption growth; acceptable limit; higher fee; vat rate; political uncertainty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 96
Date: 2017-06-01
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