Nicaragua – Jobs Diagnostic: Toward a Jobs and Economic Transformation Strategy

Florencia T. Castro-Leal and Janet Porras-Mendoza

No 31194972, Jobs Group Papers, Notes, and Guides from The World Bank

Abstract: The Nicaragua Jobs Diagnostic applies the Bank's standard Jobs Diagnostics tool to explore trends and macro drivers of economic and jobs transformation, labor market outcomes from the supply side, and sources of job creation from the perspective of the demand or private sector sides. The report shows that the distributions of jobs and production (value added) do not show significant changes over the last 15 years. This finding is directly linked to the slow urbanization and the predominance of subsistence agriculture in rural areas, thus reinforcing and urging the need to shift the Nicaraguan economy towards higher productivity, employment creation, and formalization to support future growth in jobs. The recommendations address structural and short-term challenges focusing on labor and jobs growth. This report will serve the country and sector teams as an entry point to explore future areas of interest, as it is designed to serve as a baseline to understand the economic transformation trends until 2018; particularly in the event of the shock that shrank the economy by more than 3 percent

Keywords: gross domestic product per capita; Levels of Educational Attainment; female labor force participation; access to financial service; change in employment; access to social protection; primary net enrollment rate; labor force participation rate; social security system; demand for labor; inflow of workers; labor productivity; output per worker; private sector job; labor productivity level; agriculture and service; decline in fertility; labor productivity growth; social security fund; economically active population; diffusion of knowledge; increase in labor; share of employment; rural area; private sector demand; labor force work; educational achievement; social assistance program; high productivity jobs; extremely poor family; primary completion rate; basic social service; constant local currency; gdp growth rate; firm level analysis; demand for product; availability of information; quality of employment; labor market training; capital labor ratio; total factor productivity; deployment of workers; official exchange rate; decomposition of growth; medium sized firms; public sector agency; supply of skill; education and health; number of jobs; Poverty & Inequality; basic food basket; people with disability; labor market policy; labor market outcome; participation of woman; gender wage gap; number of workers; degree of informality; increasing income inequality; micro firms; dependency ratio; total employment; productivity change; labor supply; gender bias; demographic change; young adult; public policy; largest firms; increase productivity; average productivity; formal sector; subsistence agriculture; important change; employment share; high share; labor demand; job impact; social indicator; productivity component; nominal wage; important policy; working-age population; youth; job opportunity; public resource; annex annex; employment creation; job opportunities; unskilled worker; demographic trend; Demographic Transition; quality employment; technological progress; formal employment; Business Climate; informal activity; Job Quality; income share; paying job; sectoral distribution; productivity decomposition; future prospect; employment ratios; labor reallocation; smaller share; primary sector; increasing share; firm size; explanatory factors; Public Utilities; job placement; minimum wage; informal employment; employment growth; informal firms; male participation; cost structure; female participation; productivity gain; comparator country; earnings distribution; construction sector; financial intermediation; livelihood strategy; economic efficiency; Gender Equality; correlation analysis; population census; high wage; household survey; macroeconomic data; high concentration; political context; market concentration; income poverty; income quintile; extreme poverty; market price; labor income; gini index; public expenditure; high compliance; Informal Work; Infant Mortality; live birth; working age; productivity increase; demographic dynamic; migration process; employee contributions; population structure; population pyramid; employer contribution; working population; demographic shift; dependent population; age range; job prospects; company operating; productive sector; soft skills; secondary sector; postsecondary education; education attainment; Gender Gap; educational outcome; wage work; market vendor; business service; personal service; tertiary sector; sectoral analysis; medium firms; demographic dividend; capital deepening; Capital Investments; economic sector; productivity rates; job generation; total productivity; apparent decline; rural difference; technological change; marginal productivity; Informal Jobs; business indicator; program coordination; active citizenship; firm growth; Job Creation; important share; informal sector; business environment; private investment; transparent rule; business information; enterprise survey; minority investor; investment climate; construction permit; high unemployment; call center (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 74
Date: 2019-06-07
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