Jobs, Well-Being, and Social Cohesion: Evidence from Value and Perception Surveys

Recent events, including the Arab Revolutions and protest movement of unemployed youths in OECD countries, have contributed to the popular sentiment that access to good jobs is an important driver of social cohesion. While economic dimensions of la...

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Main Authors:	Wietzke, Frank-Borge, McLeod, Catriona
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, D.C. 2013
Subjects:	ACTIVE LABOR ADJUSTMENT PROCESS AVERAGE INCOME BARRIERS TO ENTRY COLLECTIVE ACTION COUNTRY LEVEL CROSS-COUNTRY ANALYSIS CROSS-COUNTRY COMPARISONS DEBT DECISION MAKING DEMOCRACY DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS DEPENDENT VARIABLE DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING WORLD DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DIRECT PROXIES DISADVANTAGED GROUPS DISTRIBUTIONAL CONFLICTS ECONOMIC BENEFITS ECONOMIC COOPERATION ECONOMIC COSTS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC EFFECTS ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INEQUALITY ECONOMIC OUTCOMES ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC REFORMS ECONOMIC REVIEW ECONOMIC THEORY ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPIRICAL SUPPORT EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYMENT POLICIES EMPLOYMENT POLICY EMPLOYMENT PROMOTION EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION LEGISLATION EMPLOYMENT SITUATION EMPLOYMENT STATUS EXPLANATORY VARIABLES EXTERNAL SHOCKS FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT FUTURE RESEARCH GLOBAL ECONOMY GROWTH RATES HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RATES HOUSEHOLD INCOME HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INCOME GROUPS INCOME LEVELS INCOME MEAN INCOME QUINTILES INCOMES INFLATION INSURANCE JOB HISTORIES JOB LOSS JOB SECURITY JOB STATUS JOBS LABOR FORCE LABOR LAW LABOR LAWS LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET INSTITUTIONS LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOR MARKET POLICIES LABOR MARKET REFORMS LABOR MARKET REGULATION LABOR MARKET REGULATIONS LABOR MARKETS LABOR ORGANIZATION LABOR REGULATION LABOR REGULATIONS LABOR RELATIONS LABOUR LABOUR REGULATION LIVING STANDARDS LOW INCOME MACROECONOMICS MARKET DISTORTIONS MARKET ECONOMIES MEASUREMENT ERROR MIDDLE CLASS MIDDLE CLASS CONSENSUS MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES NATIONAL INCOME NATIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT NATIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT RATE NATIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT RATES NEGATIVE EFFECT OUTPUTS PAYING JOBS POLICY REFORM POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL CONFLICT POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS POLITICAL RIGHTS POLITICAL SCIENCE POLITICAL SCIENTISTS POLITICAL STABILITY POVERTY REDUCTION PREVIOUS SECTION PRIMARY SOURCE PUBLIC GOODS REAL WAGES SAFETY SAFETY NET SELF EMPLOYED SKILLED WORKERS SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL COHESION SOCIAL CONFLICT SOCIAL COSTS SOCIAL DEMOCRACY SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL INCLUSION SOCIAL MOBILITY SOCIAL OUTCOMES SOCIAL POLICY SOCIOECONOMICS SOCIOLOGISTS SPREAD STAGFLATION TRANSITION ECONOMIES UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED INDIVIDUALS UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT UNEMPLOYMENT RATES UNSKILLED WORKERS WAGE INEQUALITIES WAGE LEVELS WORK FORCE WORKER WORKING CONDITIONS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/05/17721763/jobs-wellbeing-social-cohesion-evidence-value-perception-surveys http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14002

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Summary:	Recent events, including the Arab Revolutions and protest movement of unemployed youths in OECD countries, have contributed to the popular sentiment that access to good jobs is an important driver of social cohesion. While economic dimensions of labor market outcomes are relatively well documented, evidence on the link between social cohesion and employment conditions is still surprisingly scarce. This paper, a background report for the WDR 2013 on Jobs, presents descriptive evidence that illustrates possible linkages between labor market outcomes and social cohesion. The findings suggest that, once one passes the threshold from low to lower middle income countries, formal employment emerges as a determinant of a range of outcomes relating to social cohesion, such as membership in social associations or levels of political activism. There are also indications of an increasing association between work and life satisfaction across higher and lower middle income countries. The paper concludes with a discussion of the study's implications for emerging economies whose labor market and social institutions are still in transition.

Jobs, Well-Being, and Social Cohesion: Evidence from Value and Perception Surveys

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