Work for a Better Future in Armenia : An Analysis of Jobs Dynamics

This report aims to provide a comprehensive package of timely and relevant input to the Government’s initiatives. In doing so, it brings together into one coherent framework and story-line both new analysis and previous work undertaken for the World Bank’s policy dialogue – in particular the Armenia...

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Main Authors: Honorati, Maddalena, Johansson de Silva, Sara, Millan, Natalia, Kerschbaumer, Florentin
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Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34412
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spelling okr-10986-344122021-05-25T09:58:21Z Work for a Better Future in Armenia : An Analysis of Jobs Dynamics Honorati, Maddalena Johansson de Silva, Sara Millan, Natalia Kerschbaumer, Florentin TRANSITION FROM SCHOOL TO WORK LABOR MARKET LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAM LABOR POLICY ACCESS TO EDUCATION JOB CREATION EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT INVESTMENT CLIMATE LABOR SKILLS This report aims to provide a comprehensive package of timely and relevant input to the Government’s initiatives. In doing so, it brings together into one coherent framework and story-line both new analysis and previous work undertaken for the World Bank’s policy dialogue – in particular the Armenia Systematic Country Diagnostic and Drivers of Dynamism on constraints to growth, international integration, and poverty reduction, and the Skills Towards Employment and Productivity (STEP) surveys on the demand and supply of skills for the Armenian labor market.2 New analysis includes an updated view of the labor supply situation, labor productivity developments, and the links with recent overall macro and global trends. Because of data limitations, the demand side of the jobs agenda remains insufficiently explored, including analysis of the characteristics of job creating firms, the drivers of firm level productivity, and the constraints to firm growth, and hence to job creation. Ongoing data collection initiatives will help close these gaps over the short-to-medium term. 2020-09-02T15:42:31Z 2020-09-02T15:42:31Z 2019-10 Report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34412 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Other Social Protection Study Europe and Central Asia Armenia
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topic TRANSITION FROM SCHOOL TO WORK
LABOR MARKET
LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
ACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAM
LABOR POLICY
ACCESS TO EDUCATION
JOB CREATION
EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
INVESTMENT CLIMATE
LABOR SKILLS
spellingShingle TRANSITION FROM SCHOOL TO WORK
LABOR MARKET
LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
ACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAM
LABOR POLICY
ACCESS TO EDUCATION
JOB CREATION
EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
INVESTMENT CLIMATE
LABOR SKILLS
Honorati, Maddalena
Johansson de Silva, Sara
Millan, Natalia
Kerschbaumer, Florentin
Work for a Better Future in Armenia : An Analysis of Jobs Dynamics
geographic_facet Europe and Central Asia
Armenia
description This report aims to provide a comprehensive package of timely and relevant input to the Government’s initiatives. In doing so, it brings together into one coherent framework and story-line both new analysis and previous work undertaken for the World Bank’s policy dialogue – in particular the Armenia Systematic Country Diagnostic and Drivers of Dynamism on constraints to growth, international integration, and poverty reduction, and the Skills Towards Employment and Productivity (STEP) surveys on the demand and supply of skills for the Armenian labor market.2 New analysis includes an updated view of the labor supply situation, labor productivity developments, and the links with recent overall macro and global trends. Because of data limitations, the demand side of the jobs agenda remains insufficiently explored, including analysis of the characteristics of job creating firms, the drivers of firm level productivity, and the constraints to firm growth, and hence to job creation. Ongoing data collection initiatives will help close these gaps over the short-to-medium term.
format Report
author Honorati, Maddalena
Johansson de Silva, Sara
Millan, Natalia
Kerschbaumer, Florentin
author_facet Honorati, Maddalena
Johansson de Silva, Sara
Millan, Natalia
Kerschbaumer, Florentin
author_sort Honorati, Maddalena
title Work for a Better Future in Armenia : An Analysis of Jobs Dynamics
title_short Work for a Better Future in Armenia : An Analysis of Jobs Dynamics
title_full Work for a Better Future in Armenia : An Analysis of Jobs Dynamics
title_fullStr Work for a Better Future in Armenia : An Analysis of Jobs Dynamics
title_full_unstemmed Work for a Better Future in Armenia : An Analysis of Jobs Dynamics
title_sort work for a better future in armenia : an analysis of jobs dynamics
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2020
url http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34412
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