Making work pay in Nicaragua : : employment, growth, and poverty reduction / / Catalina Gutierrez, Pierella Paci, Marco Ranzani

• Autore: Gutierrez Catalina
• Pubblicazione: Washington DC : , : World Bank, , [2008]; copyright 2008
• Descrizione fisica: xiv, 129 pages : illustrations ; ; 23 cm
• Disciplina: 331.1097285
• Soggetto topico: Labor market - Nicaragua; Wages - Nicaragua; Poverty - Nicaragua; Labor productivity - Nicaragua
• Altri autori: PaciPierella <1957-> RanzaniMarco <1979->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-123) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Making work pay in Nicaragua
• ISBN: 0-8213-7535-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910819121103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Directions in development (Washington, D.C.); Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). . -Poverty.; World Bank e-Library.