Young Adults and Labor Markets in Africa

Occupations and wealth in developing countries

“…At the same time, these reductions are matched by an increase in the average share of employees (24.0%, 51.2%, 66.6%). These results are aligned with patterns reported by Gindling and Newhouse (2014) and Bandiera et al (2022aBandiera et al ( , 2022b using evidence aggregated at the national level.…”

“…Monetary measures of socioeconomic status based on asset holdings, income, or consumption require data that is not systematically available for representative samples in developing countries. To overcome this constraint, we use the information provided by the infrastructure of someone's residence, following a strategy popularized after Filmer and Pritchett ( 2001) with the same implementation as Bandiera et al (2022a).…”