Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (circa 31 Seiten)
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Series Statement:
Policy research working paper 9370
Series Statement:
World Bank E-Library Archive
Series Statement:
Policy research working paper
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Gaddis, Isis Who is Employed? Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa on Redefining Employment
Keywords:
Labor statistics
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agricultural labor
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gender
;
own-use production work
;
survey design
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Sub-Saharan Africa
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EMPLOYMENT
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FARM PRODUCTION
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FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
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GENDER
;
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
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INFORMALITY
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LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
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LABOR MARKET
;
LABOR STATISTICS
;
OWN-USE PRODUCTION
;
Graue Literatur
Abstract:
The 19th International Conference of Labour Statisticians (in 2013) redefined labor statistics standards. A major change was to narrow the definition of employment to work for pay or profit. By the revised standards, farming that is only or mainly intended for own use is no longer considered employment, and such a farmer is no longer considered to be employed or in the labor force. This paper analyzes the implications of the revised standards on measures of employment in Sub-Saharan Africa obtained from multi-topic household surveys. It shows that, in some contexts, 70 to 80 percent of farmers produce only or mainly for family consumption and are therefore, based on this activity, not considered employed by the revised standards. However, there is wide variation across countries and regions. Moreover, farmers are more likely to report intending to produce for sale at the end of the growing season of the main local crop than earlier in the season. Men are more likely than women to produce for sale. The revised standards lead to significantly lower employment-to-population ratios in rural Africa and change the sectoral composition of the employed population toward non-agricultural sectors. The paper concludes with recommendations for data producers and users
Note:
Africa
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Sub-Saharan Africa
DOI:
10.1596/1813-9450-9370
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