Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/211327 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Working Paper No. 2019/97
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
We 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.
Subjects: 
employment
women
Latin America
labour market dynamics
self-employment
poverty
JEL: 
J62
J63
O17
O54
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
ISBN: 
978-92-9256-733-0
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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