What are the effects of job polarization on skills distribution of young workers in developing countries?
One of the most discussed topics in the domain of labour economics during the last couple of decades has been the polarization of employment in industrialized countries, namely the growth of high and low paying jobs and the decline of jobs paying wages around the middle of the wage distribution. The ILO School-to-work transition surveys (SWTS) offer an opportunity to study the phenomenon of polarization more closely from the perspective of 23 developing countries. The objective of this technical brief is to examine the skill distribution of young workers in different industries as a function o... Show more
Authors: Gemmel, Patrik
Published: Geneva, Switzerland, ILO, 2016
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Physical description: 13 p.
Access item: http://www.ilo.org/employment/areas/youth-employment/work-for-youth/publications/technical-briefs/WCMS_534635/lang--en/index.htm
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