Labor Markets for Inclusive Growth

This policy note outlines short, and medium-term policy options for addressing critical challenges affecting labor markets in Mexico, and in particular labor productivity. As labor is the main source of income for most of the population, poverty is closely linked to underemployment and low wages. Yet labor markets have played a limited role in poverty reduction in Mexico. Labor income accounted for just 22 percent of the decline in poverty in Mexico over the last decade compared with 38 percent in the rest of the region. Between the third quarter of 2008 and the third quarter of 2011, the labor income poverty index2 continued to decline in Brazil, Ecuador, and Peru but increased in Mexico. The equivalent measure produced by CONEVAL (Consejo Nacional de Evaluation), shows the labor poverty trend to be increasing through the first quarter of 2012. Finding the right bundle of policies to improve labor productivity and the functioning of the labor markets can serve to improve economic growth and welfare outcomes.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Policy Note biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013-04
Subjects:	ABUSE, ACQUISITION OF SKILLS, ACTIVE LABOR, ACTIVE LABOR MARKET, ACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS, ADULT LITERACY, AGE GROUP, ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY, AVERAGE EDUCATION LEVEL, BASIC EDUCATION, CHILD CARE, CHILD DEVELOPMENT, CHILDBIRTH, CLASSROOM, COGNITIVE SKILLS, COMPLETION RATES, CRISES, CULTURAL CHANGE, CURRICULA, CURRICULUM, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONS, DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES, DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS, DISADVANTAGED YOUTH, DISMISSAL, DIVISION OF LABOR, DOWNWARD PRESSURE, DROPOUT, DROPOUT RATES, EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT, EARLY CHILDHOOD, EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC CONDITIONS, ECONOMIC CRISES, ECONOMIC FREEDOM, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC POLICIES, ECONOMIC RECOVERY, ECONOMICS, EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS, EDUCATION SYSTEM, EMPLOYABILITY, EMPLOYEE, EMPLOYMENT GROWTH, EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, EMPLOYMENT OUTLOOK, EMPLOYMENT SERVICE, EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, ENROLLMENT RATES, ENROLMENT RATES, FEMALE LABOR, FEMALE LABOR FORCE, FERTILITY, FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS, FORMAL EDUCATION, HEALTH INSURANCE, HIGH DROPOUT, HIGHER EDUCATION, HUMAN CAPITAL, IMPROVING TEACHER TRAINING, INCOME, INCOME INEQUALITY, INCOME SUPPORT, INDIVIDUAL CHOICES, INFORMAL SECTOR, INFORMATION SYSTEM, INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS, JOB COUNSELING, JOB CREATION, JOB GENERATION, JOB OPPORTUNITIES, JOB PLACEMENT, JOB SEARCH, JOB SEARCH ASSISTANCE, JOB SECURITY, JOB TRAINING, JOBS, KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY, LABOR CODE, LABOR COSTS, LABOR DEMAND, LABOR DISPUTES, LABOR FORCE, LABOR FORCE GROWTH, LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION, LABOR LAW, LABOR LAWS, LABOR MARKET, LABOR MARKET FLEXIBILITY, LABOR MARKET NEEDS, LABOR MARKET RIGIDITIES, LABOR MARKET RIGIDITY, LABOR MARKETS, LABOR PRODUCTIVITY, LABOR REGULATION, LABOR REGULATIONS, LABOR RELATIONS, LABOR STATISTICS, LABOR SUPPLY, LABORERS, LABOUR, LABOUR MARKET, LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT, LEVEL OF EDUCATION, LEVELS OF EDUCATION, LIFELONG LEARNING, LOW LABOR PRODUCTIVITY, LOW UNEMPLOYMENT, LOW UNEMPLOYMENT RATES, LOWER SECONDARY LEVEL, MANDATES, MANDATORY SEVERANCE, MANPOWER, MATHEMATICS, MIDDLE SCHOOL, MIGRATION, MINIMUM WAGE, MORAL HAZARD, NATIONAL STRATEGY, NET ENROLMENT, NUMERACY, OCCUPATION, OLD- AGE, OLD-AGE, ON-THE-JOB TRAINING, PAYROLL TAX, PAYROLL TAXES, PEDAGOGICAL METHODS, PENSIONS, PERMANENT EMPLOYMENT, POLICY RESEARCH, POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER, POLITICAL ECONOMY, POPULATION GROUPS, PRIMARY EDUCATION, PRIMARY SCHOOLS, PRIVATE PROVIDERS, PRIVATE SECTOR, PRODUCTIVE SECTOR, PRODUCTIVITY GAINS, PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH, PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENT, PROGRAM DESIGN, QUALITY ASSURANCE, RATES OF RETURN TO EDUCATION, RE-TRAINING, READING, REAL WAGES, REMEDIAL EDUCATION, RETIREMENT, RIGID LABOR MARKETS, RURAL AREAS, SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM, SCHOOL DROPOUT, SCHOOL ENROLLMENT, SCHOOL GRADUATES, SCHOOL PERFORMANCE, SCHOOL YEAR, SCHOOLING, SCHOOLS, SECONDARY EDUCATION, SECONDARY SCHOOL, SECONDARY SCHOOL ENROLMENT, SECRETARIES, SERVICE PROVIDERS, SERVICE SECTOR, SERVICE SECTORS, SEVERANCE PAY, SEVERANCE PAYMENTS, SKILL DEVELOPMENT, SKILLED LABOR, SKILLED WORKFORCE, SKILLS ACQUISITION, SKILLS DEVELOPMENT, SKILLS TRAINING, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL INCLUSION, SOCIAL POLICY, SOCIAL SECURITY, SOCIAL SERVICES, SOCIAL WORKERS, STATE GOVERNMENTS, STUDENT PERFORMANCE, TEACHER, TEACHER DEVELOPMENT, TEACHER PERFORMANCE, TEACHERS, TEACHING, TEACHING METHODS, TECHNICAL SKILLS, TECHNICAL TRAINING, TEMPORARY JOBS, TERTIARY EDUCATION, TERTIARY LEVEL, TOTAL EMPLOYMENT, TRAINING CENTERS, TRAINING INSTITUTIONS, TRAINING PROVIDERS, TRAINING SCHOOLS, TRAINING SERVICES, UNEMPLOYED, UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE, UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, UNIONS, UNIVERSAL COVERAGE, URBAN AREAS, VOCATIONAL TRAINING, VOCATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMS, VULNERABLE GROUPS, WORK SCHEDULES, WORKER, WORKER PRODUCTIVITY, WORKERS, YOUNG PEOPLE, YOUNG WORKERS, YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT, YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT RATES,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/04/17570384/labor-markets-inclusive-growth http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16579
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