Quality of work
Including both formal and informal employment, with particular attention to the safety and quality of work, and perceptions of autonomy, purpose and fair treatment.
Employment is the main source of income for most households globally; having a good and decent job is generally associated with being out of poverty. Additionally, employment can give a sense of self-respect and fulfilling life. Yet many jobs pay less than $1 a day, are of poor quality and unsafe, with risky working conditions and little or no security. More data are needed on the quality of work and particularly on informal workers and the self-employed.
Resources
Survey module: Employment – English, October 2009
Survey module: Employment – Spanish, July 2009
Survey module: Employment – French, July 2009
Survey module: Employment – Mandarin, 2011 (Translation courtesy of Science Press.)
Technical Notes on Use of the Employment Module, July 2009
Employment: A Proposal for Internationally Comparable Indicators. María Ana Lugo, 2007
You can read an abridged version of this paper in Spanish:
Empleo. Una propuesta de indicadores comparables internacionalmente. María Ana Lugo, 2007.
(Translation courtesy of Revista Humanum.)
You can also read this paper in Mandarin:
关于就业的国际通用度量指标 牛津大学：玛丽亚·阿南·卢戈 María Ana Lugo, 2007 (Translation courtesy of Science Press.)
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