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Agency, Well-Being and Justice

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Measuring the Quality of Employment from a multidimensional perspective using the Alkire/Foster method

Kirsten Sehnbruch, Presenter
Nicolai Suppa, Commentator
Ortrud Lessmann, Chair

This webinar proposes a methodology for measuring the quality of employment from a multidimensional and public policy perspective using household survey data from 14 Latin American developing countries (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay). The purpose of this presentation is to demonstrate that the QoE can be measured using the Alkire Foster method that can inform policy makers about the state of their labour markets in a way that complements traditional variables such as participation or unemployment rates, which are not always good indicators of labour market performance in developing countries with large informal sectors. Beyond introducing the method, the presentation shows it has been applied to specific cases, such as Chile and Egypt. We discuss insights generated by our results on developments over time and across regions, how it can be used to examine horizontal inequalities (eg to compare migrant populations to local ones) as well as presenting a case study using dynamic data.

HDCA Webinar 2022 Work and Employment HDCA Videos
68 minutes

Capability as informational basis for work and employment politics – a European research experience

In CAPRIGHT (Resources, Rights and Capabilities: In search of social foundations for Europe, (2007-2010) 24 partners from 13 European countries shared their work on capability–related concepts to inform European labour policies and work practices – understood in a wide sense and comprising services and regulation in the fields of work, employment, vocational training, work arrangements and collective action.

HDCA Webinar 2021 Work and Employment HDCA Videos
76 minutes

Decent Work and the Quality of Work and Employment

Presenter: Francis Green, University College London, Institute of Education

This webinar presents the concept of the quality of work and employment, discussing the manner in which working conditions meet people’s needs from work, how it connects with well-being and productivity. The paper is discussed by Frances Stewart (Oxford University) and focuses on the linkages between this topic and the capability approach.

HDCA Webinar Work and Employment
88 minutes
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