Identifying vulnerable groups in the Kyrgyz labour market: some implications for the national poverty reduction strategy

Bernabe, Sabine and Kolev, Alexandre (2003) Identifying vulnerable groups in the Kyrgyz labour market: some implications for the national poverty reduction strategy. CASEpaper (71). Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, London, UK.

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This paper investigates the overlap between employment status and poverty, drawing particular attention to the working poor and precarious workers, and to the existence of multiple labor-related risks faced by specific groups. This analysis is undertaken using the Kyrgyz Poverty Monitoring Survey, which is the only survey to date that allows a comprehensive analysis of poverty and labor market outcomes in the Kyrgyz Republic. The period under investigation covers the years 1997-1998, for which data are available. A key finding of this analysis is the extreme vulnerability of low-educated people and women in Kyrgyzstan, who cumulated a high risk of being unemployed, of remaining longer in unemployment, of being discouraged, and if employed, of being low-paid or working in precarious jobs.

Item Type:	Monograph (Discussion Paper)
Official URL:	http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/case
Additional Information:	© 2003 Sabine Bernabè and Alexandre Kolev
Divisions:	Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology
JEL classification:	J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J1 - Demographic Economics > J15 - Economics of Minorities and Races; Non-labor Discrimination I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I3 - Welfare and Poverty > I30 - General J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J2 - Time Allocation, Work Behavior, and Employment Determination and Creation; Human Capital; Retirement > J21 - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J8 - Labor Standards: National and International > J81 - Working Conditions
Date Deposited:	02 Jul 2008 10:58
Last Modified:	15 Sep 2023 22:56
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/6334

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