Self-employment and labour market dynamics of men and women in El Salvador and Nicaragua

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dc.contributor.authorAlaniz, Enrique
dc.contributor.authorEspino, Alma
dc.contributor.authorGindling, T.H.
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-03T17:16:48Z
dc.date.available2020-02-03T17:16:48Z
dc.date.issued2019-12
dc.description.abstractWe study the labour market dynamics of men and women in El Salvador and Nicaragua, focusing on the factors that help men and women move into an advantageous labour market state from an unfavourable state. We consider ‘advantageous’ states to be formal salaried employees and self-employed workers with a decent income or a successful and growing firm. Among our findings are that education and access to public services such as utilities promote transitions into advantageous states.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis paper is based on empirical research originally supported by the Canadian International Development Research Center (IDRC) grant number 107260-001, ‘Better Jobs for Central American Women: Labor Market Dynamics in Nicaragua and El Salvador’, which was awarded to the Fundación Internacional para el Desafío Económico Global (FIDEG), Managua, Nicaragua. The research project was directed by Enrique Alaniz of FIDEG. This research project involved collaboration between the authors, FIDEG in Nicaragua, and the Fundación Salvadoreno para el Desarrollo Económico y Social (FUSADES) in El Salvador. The research team at FUSADES included Margarita Beneke de Sanfelú, Lidia Elizabeth Vázquez, José Andrés Oliva-Cepeda, and Susana Maria Delgado-Vides. The research team at FIDEG included Enrique Alaniz and Gloria Carrión. We are grateful for useful suggestions from Carolina Robino and Alejandro Martínez-Cuenca. The methodology and preliminary discussions of the results presented in this paper can be found in Beneke de Sanfelú et al. (2015) and Alaniz, Carrion and Gindling (2015).en_US
dc.description.urihttps://www.wider.unu.edu/publication/self-employment-and-labour-market-dynamics-men-and-women-el-salvador-and-nicaraguaen_US
dc.format.extent42 pagesen_US
dc.genrereportsen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m2xuu0-r7gd
dc.identifier.citationAlaniz, Enrique; Espino, Alma; Gindling, T.H.; Self-employment and labour market dynamics of men and women in El Salvador and Nicaragua; WIDER Working Paper 2019/97 Helsinki: UNU-WIDER, 2019; https://www.wider.unu.edu/publication/self-employment-and-labour-market-dynamics-men-and-women-el-salvador-and-nicaraguaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.35188/UNU-WIDER/2019/733-0
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/17215
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherUnited Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Researchen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtThe University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
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dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Faculty Collection
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWIDER Working Paper;2019/97
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dc.subjectemployment
dc.subjectwomen
dc.subjectLatin America
dc.subjectlabour market dynamics
dc.subjectself-employment
dc.subjectpoverty
dc.titleSelf-employment and labour market dynamics of men and women in El Salvador and Nicaraguaen_US
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