Democratic Republic of Congo Jobs Diagnostic

Aterido, Reyes; Gonzalez, Alvaro S.; Merotto, Dino; Petracco, Carly; Sánchez‐Reaza, Javier

doi:10.1596/29327

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“…Unlike the 2004 and 2012 surveys which were based on data from the supply side of the labour market, studies which also included data from the demand side found additional causes of unemployment in the DRC: hiring requirements, the types of employers, and the poor business climate. Especially among private employers hiring requirements such as professional experience, language skills, and outstanding labour skills often seemed difficult to meet by both newly graduated persons and long-term jobseekers (Aterido et al 2017). The limitation of job creation due to the weak business climate closed the window of opportunity for many jobseekers (Sumata 2020).…”

Section: Unemployment and Underemploymentmentioning

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Post-war Labour Market Reconstruction : The Case of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Chi¹

2022

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The Democratic Republic of Congo experienced a merciless war from 1998 to 2002 that seriously affected its labour market, as it did all other aspects of society. The effects on the labour market have aroused various debates. This thesis offers a first analysis of the reconstruction process of the labour market in post-war Congo, and of the roles that key actors involved played in it. It asks the following fundamental question: what are the processes involved in the reconstruction of the post-war Congolese labour market, and how did the main actors affect these processes? The research used a constructivist methodological approach and the extended case method to collect detailed data through field interviews conducted with 109 people in Kinshasa. The data suggest that the past of the Congolese labour market is clearly visible in its post-war recovery processes (2003–2018). While the past weighed heavily on the present, from 2003 to 2011 the Congolese government nevertheless delayed the implementation of reform policies aimed at achieving a functioning labour market. Reforms introduced since then have been blunted by poor implementation processes. Moreover, the inherent weakness of Congo’s labour market institutions deepened the lack of impact of the reconstruction attempts. Likewise, the private sector did not contribute substantially to efforts at creating an effective labour market. Entering this landscape, many Congolese employees struggled to achieve integration into the formal labour market. The main argument of this thesis is that the post-war Congolese labour market has experienced an extended reconstruction due to delayed and poorly implemented labour market policies. On a more positive note, this study demonstrates the usefulness of Peck’s theory of labour market social regulation as an efficient theoretical tool in evaluating a problematic transition such as that experienced in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Section: Unemployment and Underemploymentmentioning

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Post-war Labour Market Reconstruction : The Case of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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2022

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“…Yet, Burkina Faso's impressively high labor force participation rate and low unemployment masks sizable shares of working poor, high rates of underemployment, and the challenges the economy faces in providing better jobs (Weber, 2018). Underemployment appears to be an important challenge in DRC more than unemployment (Aterido et al, 2017). While unemployment tends to be a predominantly urban phenomenon, underemployment is rampant in rural areas in DRC and Burkina Faso.…”

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Improving Access to Jobs for the Poor and Vulnerable in Somalia

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2021

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“…Low skilled individuals escape unemployment in informal sector, while most high skilled ones often prefer to stay unemployed until they find a formal job. This is stated by Reyes et al (2017), skilled individuals could have the ability to sustain a longer job search to find a more suitable match. Indeed, those with higher education typically have the economic backing from their families to engage in a longer job search.…”

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Earning Structure and Heterogeneity of the Labor Market: Evidence from DR Congo

Ibale

2023

Journal of African Economies

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Using 1.2.3 survey data on the Democratic Republic of Congo, we highlight different sectors in the labor market, with ‘higher paid’ sectors that are largely formal and ‘lower paid’ sectors that are largely informal. Based on a linear regression model, we report significant heterogeneity in earnings across sectors, which remain after controlling for aspects of human capital. We use a multinomial logit model to identify sector choice and show, allowing for selection, how returns to human capital differ across these sectors. We find that returns to basic education are important in largely informal sectors and that tertiary education is very important to access the higher paid sectors, but less important than in the lower paid sectors in increasing earnings once there. We then extend this analysis using quantile regression to show how returns differ across the distribution within sectors. Finally, we decompose the earnings gap across sectors and check how characteristics and return on these characteristics affect the cross-sector earnings gap. The earnings gap decomposition shows that workers of the lower paid sectors earn less, not only because they are less skill-endowed but also because they earn lower returns on their skills.

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Democratic Republic of Congo Jobs Diagnostic

Cited by 6 publications

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Post-war Labour Market Reconstruction : The Case of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Post-war Labour Market Reconstruction : The Case of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Improving Access to Jobs for the Poor and Vulnerable in Somalia

Earning Structure and Heterogeneity of the Labor Market: Evidence from DR Congo

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