Demographic and Spatial Disparities in Labor Market Outcomes within the Kinshasa Urban Landscape
This paper examines the labor market and jobs in urban Kinshasa, by drawing on a recently collected household survey and other data sets. It particularly focuses on labor supply and employment patterns, job characteristics, and their spatial nexus....
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2021
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/150621637329451791/Demographic-and-Spatial-Disparities-in-Labor-Market-Outcomes-within-the-Kinshasa-Urban-Landscape http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36632 |
| Summary: | This paper examines the labor market
and jobs in urban Kinshasa, by drawing on a recently
collected household survey and other data sets. It
particularly focuses on labor supply and employment
patterns, job characteristics, and their spatial nexus. The
analysis first shows that female and young workers are more
likely to experience unemployment and underemployment than
other workers in Kinshasa. Second, the availability of good
quality jobs is still limited in Kinshasa. Third, in
addition to the scarcity of good jobs, which are
concentrated in the city core, poor accessibility due to the
limited connective infrastructure and transport system
further reduces job opportunities for people living in the outskirts. |
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