Kazakhstan Labor Market Outcomes: Achievements and Remaining Challenges

Victoria Strokova, Angela Elzir and David Margolis

No 27641968, Jobs Group Papers, Notes, and Guides from The World Bank

Abstract: This note presents a detailed analysis of jobs in Kazakhstan at the macro and individual levels, including regional and socio-economic disparities. At the macro level, it includes a diagnostic of the links between economic growth, jobs, and productivity across different economic sectors. At the individual level, the analysis focuses on labor market outcomes of women and men, young and adult workers, residents of urban and rural areas, and people in the bottom 40 percent of the consumption distribution. It also presents a detailed analysis of determinants of employment and wages. The rest of the note is organized as follows: section two discusses the relationship between economic growth, jobs, and productivity across different economic sectors. Section three discusses demographic trends and overall labor market outcomes. Section four focuses on assessing spatial and sectoral differences in access to jobs, including for those in the bottom 40 percent. Section five concludes with a discussion of challenges and broad policy implications.

Keywords: Agriculture; wage employment; wage worker; labor force participation rate; female labor force participation rates; working age population; agricultural self employment; Labor Market; rural area; upper secondary education; higher level of education; contribution to poverty reduction; effectiveness of service delivery; population living in poverty; real per capita income; private sector job creation; private sector development specialist; school to work transition; unpaid family worker; labor market outcome; labor productivity; public wage; children per woman; labor force growth; single person household; labor productivity growth; share of employment; retail trade; wage differential; unemployment rate; cost of living; high unemployment rate; account advance rate; access to job; quality of education; agricultural self-employment; Real estate; middle class; share of woman; estimated wage premium; privileges and immunity; education and health; social service sector; gender wage gap; regional price index; increase in labor; differences in participation; government reform program; observed poverty reduction; barriers to mobility; real estate transaction; youth unemployment rate; extreme poverty line; share of work; gap in access; Rule of Law; decomposition of growth; Poverty and Equity; Junior Professional Associate; number of jobs; change in employment; upper secondary level; extractive industry sector; formal sector employment; international student assessment; labor market performance; public sector worker; natural gas account; investment in capital; young people; Public Employment; economic sector; rural resident; real wage; wage growth; high share; population group; retirement age; international standard; average productivity; employment growth; consumption distribution; formal employment; Public Utilities; wage increase; high concentration; real gdp; older worker; informal worker; migration flow; individual level; marginal effect; social work; economic slowdown; external migration; upward mobility; wage earnings; Food Services; baby boom (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 60
Date: 2016-01-01
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