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UNINA9910454721903321 |
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Autore |
Gutiérrez Catalina |
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Titolo |
Making work pay in Nicaragua [[electronic resource] ] : employment, growth, and poverty reduction / / Catalina Gutiérrez, Pierella Paci, Marco Ranzani |
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Washington DC, : World Bank, c2008 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (146 p.) |
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Collana |
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Directions in development. Poverty |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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PaciPierella <1957-> |
RanzaniMarco <1979-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Labor market - Nicaragua |
Wages - Nicaragua |
Poverty - Nicaragua |
Labor productivity - Nicaragua |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-123) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Figures; Tables; Boxes; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER 1 Introduction and Overview; CHAPTER 2 Country Context; CHAPTER 3 Output, Population, Employment, and Poverty; CHAPTER 4 Employment and Labor Income Profile of the Population; CHAPTER 5 Segmentation and Skill Mismatch; CHAPTER 6 Policy Implications and Further Research; References; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Poor people derive most of their income from work; however, there is insufficient understanding of the role of labor markets, employment, and earnings as a linkage between growth and poverty reduction, especially in low income countries. To provide inputs into the policy discussion on how to enhance poverty reduction through increased employment and earnings for given growth levels, this study explores this linkage in the case of Nicaragua using data for 2001 and 2005. To do so, the study discusses macroeconomic growth and the labor market in Nicaragua, presenting sectoral employment and produ |
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