Enhancing Workers’ Protection in Jordan
This paper exploits a rich database to provide comprehensive profiling of informality in Jordan, including who informal workers are, their characteristics, and where they work, as well as providing policy recommendations to address informality. The...
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| Format: | Discussion Paper |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2022
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099720004212236345/P17159503236b80c909e2203a4e48fa5cc4 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37350 |
| Summary: | This paper exploits a rich database
to provide comprehensive profiling of informality in Jordan,
including who informal workers are, their characteristics,
and where they work, as well as providing policy
recommendations to address informality. The structural
framework developed through the comprehensive profiling is
followed by an analysis of why workers are informal, using
inferential multivariate analysis. Statistical techniques
(that is, cluster analysis) are used to group workers by
similar characteristics (including education, gender,
income, and form of employment) to allow policy makers to
pinpoint specific policy tools that can target each group.
The paper offers long term policy solutions to address
informality, including fostering competition to boost
productivity and providing a level playing field. It also
proposes short, and medium-term policy options to protect
workers against shocks until more productive jobs are
created, for instance through the provision of short-term
benefits through defined contribution schemes. Heterogeneity
is addressed by tailoring policy instruments to clusters of workers. |
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