How Did the Great Recession Affect Different Types of Workers? Evidence from 17 Middle-Income Countries

Cho, Yoonyoung; Newhouse, David

dc.creator	Cho, Yoonyoung
dc.creator	Newhouse, David
dc.date	2012-03-19T18:01:49Z
dc.date	2012-03-19T18:01:49Z
dc.date	2011-04-01
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-17T20:56:06Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-17T20:56:06Z
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dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3401
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/244365
dc.description	This paper examines how different types of workers in 17 middle-income countries were affected by labor market retrenchment during the great recession. Impacts on different types of workers varied by country and were only weakly related to the severity of the shock. Among active workers, youth experienced by far the largest adverse impacts on employment, unemployment, and wage employment, particularly relative to older adults. The percentage employment reductions, for example, were greatest for youth in each sector of the economy, as firms reacted to the shock by substituting away from inexperienced workers. Employment rates, as a share of the population, also plummeted for men. Larger drops in male employment were primarily attributable to men's higher initial rate of employment, although men's concentration in the hard-hit industrial sector also played an important role. Within each sector, percentage employment declines were similar for men and women. Added worker effects among women were mild, even among less-educated workers. Differences in labor market outcomes across education groups and urban or rural residence tended to be smaller. These findings bolster the case for targeted support to displaced youth and wage employees. Programs targeted to female and unskilled workers should be undertaken with appropriate caution or empirical support from timely data, as they may not benefit the majority of affected workers.
dc.language	English
dc.relation	Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5636
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	ACCOUNTING
dc.subject	ACTIVE LABOR
dc.subject	ACTIVE LABOR MARKET
dc.subject	ACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS
dc.subject	ADULT WORKERS
dc.subject	AFFECTED WORKERS
dc.subject	AGE GROUP
dc.subject	AGGREGATE LABOR MARKET INDICATORS
dc.subject	AVERAGE WAGES
dc.subject	BANKING
dc.subject	CAPITAL INVESTMENT
dc.subject	COLLECTIVE DISMISSALS
dc.subject	CRISES
dc.subject	CULTURAL CHANGE
dc.subject	DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT POLICY
dc.subject	DISADVANTAGED GROUPS
dc.subject	DISCUSSIONS
dc.subject	DISPLACED WORKERS
dc.subject	DISSEMINATION
dc.subject	EARNING
dc.subject	EARNINGS LOSSES
dc.subject	ECONOMIC CRISES
dc.subject	ECONOMIC DOWNTURNS
dc.subject	ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subject	ECONOMIC SHOCKS
dc.subject	ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN
dc.subject	EDUCATED GROUPS
dc.subject	EDUCATED MEN
dc.subject	EDUCATED WOMEN
dc.subject	EDUCATION DISPARITIES
dc.subject	EFFECTS
dc.subject	EMPLOYEE
dc.subject	EMPLOYEES
dc.subject	EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject	EMPLOYMENT GROWTH
dc.subject	EMPLOYMENT GROWTH RATE
dc.subject	EMPLOYMENT GROWTH RATES
dc.subject	EMPLOYMENT LEVEL
dc.subject	EMPLOYMENT LEVELS
dc.subject	EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN
dc.subject	EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subject	EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES
dc.subject	EMPLOYMENT PATTERNS
dc.subject	EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION LEGISLATION
dc.subject	EMPLOYMENT RATES
dc.subject	EMPLOYMENT SHARE
dc.subject	EMPLOYMENT STATUS
dc.subject	EMPLOYMENT TRENDS
dc.subject	EXOGENOUS SHOCKS
dc.subject	FALLS
dc.subject	FEMALE EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject	FEMALE LABOR
dc.subject	FEMALE LABOR FORCE
dc.subject	FINANCE
dc.subject	FIRING COSTS
dc.subject	FIRM LEVEL
dc.subject	GENDER DIFFERENCES
dc.subject	GENDER DISPARITIES
dc.subject	GENDER DISPARITY
dc.subject	GENDER GAP
dc.subject	GENDER PERSPECTIVES
dc.subject	HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION
dc.subject	HOURS OF WORK
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD INCOME
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
dc.subject	HUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subject	HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	INEXPERIENCED WORKERS
dc.subject	INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject	INFORMAL SECTOR
dc.subject	INFORMED DECISIONS
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION
dc.subject	JOB
dc.subject	JOB LOSS
dc.subject	JOB LOSSES
dc.subject	JOB SEARCH
dc.subject	JOB SEARCH ASSISTANCE
dc.subject	JOB STATUS
dc.subject	JOBS
dc.subject	KNOWLEDGE
dc.subject	LABOR
dc.subject	LABOR DEMAND
dc.subject	LABOR FORCE
dc.subject	LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
dc.subject	LABOR MARKET
dc.subject	LABOR MARKET ADJUSTMENT
dc.subject	LABOR MARKET CONDITIONS
dc.subject	LABOR MARKET FLEXIBILITY
dc.subject	LABOR MARKET INDICATOR
dc.subject	LABOR MARKET INFORMATION
dc.subject	LABOR MARKET INSTITUTIONS
dc.subject	LABOR MARKET OUTCOME
dc.subject	LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES
dc.subject	LABOR MARKET PERFORMANCE
dc.subject	LABOR MARKET POLICY
dc.subject	LABOR MARKET REGULATIONS
dc.subject	LABOR MARKET RIGIDITY
dc.subject	LABOR REGULATIONS
dc.subject	LABOR SUPPLY
dc.subject	LABOUR
dc.subject	LABOUR MARKET
dc.subject	LABOUR MARKET INSTITUTIONS
dc.subject	LABOUR MARKET PERFORMANCE
dc.subject	LABOUR MARKETS
dc.subject	LAYOFFS
dc.subject	LEVELS OF EDUCATION
dc.subject	LIVING STANDARDS
dc.subject	MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	MIGRANT
dc.subject	MIGRANT WORKERS
dc.subject	MIGRATION
dc.subject	MINIMUM WAGES
dc.subject	MONITORING
dc.subject	OCCUPATION
dc.subject	OLDER ADULTS
dc.subject	OLDER WOMEN
dc.subject	OLDER WORKERS
dc.subject	ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subject	PAYING JOBS
dc.subject	POLICIES
dc.subject	POLICY DISCUSSIONS
dc.subject	POLICY RESEARCH
dc.subject	POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
dc.subject	POLICY RESPONSE
dc.subject	POPULATION
dc.subject	POPULATION TRENDS
dc.subject	PRELIMINARY EVIDENCE
dc.subject	PREVIOUS SECTION
dc.subject	PREVIOUS STUDIES
dc.subject	PROFIT
dc.subject	REAL INCOME
dc.subject	REAL WAGES
dc.subject	REMITTANCES
dc.subject	RESPECT
dc.subject	RIGID LABOR MARKETS
dc.subject	RISK
dc.subject	RURAL AREAS
dc.subject	RURAL RESIDENCE
dc.subject	RURAL RESIDENTS
dc.subject	RURAL WOMEN
dc.subject	RURAL WORKERS
dc.subject	SAFETY
dc.subject	SAFETY NET
dc.subject	SALARIED EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject	SALARIED WORKERS
dc.subject	SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
dc.subject	SECONDARY EDUCATION
dc.subject	SECURITY
dc.subject	SELF EMPLOYED
dc.subject	SELF EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject	SERVICE SECTOR
dc.subject	SEVERANCE PAY
dc.subject	SOCIAL COHESION
dc.subject	SOCIAL PROTECTION
dc.subject	SOCIAL SECURITY
dc.subject	STATUS OF WOMEN
dc.subject	THEORY
dc.subject	TRAINING
dc.subject	TRANSFERS
dc.subject	UNEMPLOYED
dc.subject	UNEMPLOYED WORKERS
dc.subject	UNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subject	UNEMPLOYMENT INCREASE
dc.subject	UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
dc.subject	UNEMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES
dc.subject	UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
dc.subject	UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
dc.subject	UNIONS
dc.subject	UNPAID FAMILY WORKERS
dc.subject	UNSKILLED WORKERS
dc.subject	URBAN AREAS
dc.subject	URBAN WOMEN
dc.subject	URBAN WORKERS
dc.subject	VALUE
dc.subject	VULNERABILITY
dc.subject	VULNERABLE GROUPS
dc.subject	WAGE EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject	WAGE FLEXIBILITY
dc.subject	WAGE GROWTH
dc.subject	WAGE RATE
dc.subject	WAGE RATES
dc.subject	WAGE RIGIDITY
dc.subject	WAGE SUBSIDIES
dc.subject	WAGE SUBSIDY
dc.subject	WAGE SUBSIDY PROGRAM
dc.subject	WOMEN IN LABOUR
dc.subject	WORK
dc.subject	WORK IN PROGRESS
dc.subject	WORK PATTERNS
dc.subject	WORKER
dc.subject	WORKERS
dc.subject	WORKFORCE
dc.subject	WORKING
dc.subject	WORKING POOR
dc.subject	WORKING WOMEN
dc.subject	WORKPLACE
dc.subject	WORKS
dc.subject	YOUNG MEN
dc.subject	YOUNG WORKERS
dc.subject	YOUTH EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject	YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT
dc.title	How Did the Great Recession Affect Different Types of Workers? Evidence from 17 Middle-Income Countries
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
dc.coverage	The World Region
dc.coverage	The World Region