Policy Research Working Paper10702Beyond the Usual Understanding the Multidimensional Nature of Job Quality in Bolivia’s Labor Market Gustavo Canavire-BacarrezaRonald A. CuevaMaría E. Dávalos Poverty and Equity Global Practice February 2024 Public Disclosure AuthorizedPublic Disclosure AuthorizedPublic Disclosure AuthorizedPublic Disclosure AuthorizedProduced by the Research Support TeamAbstractThe Policy Research Working Paper Series disseminates the findings of work in progress to encourage the exchange of ideas about development issues. An objective of the series is to get the findings out quickly, even if the presentations are less than fully polished. The papers carry the names of the authors and should be cited accordingly. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the authors. They do not necessarily represent the views of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/World Bank and its affiliated organizations, or those of the Executive Directors of the World Bank or the governments they represent.Policy Research Working Paper 10702Job quality can impact workers’ productivity and contrib-ute to societal well-being. To analyze the evolution of job quality in Bolivia, this paper employs Bolivian household survey data spanning 2007 to 2021 to construct a synthetic job quality index. The index incorporates a broad definition of a good job, encompassing six dimensions: adherence to regulations, working conditions, establishment of an appro-priate wage-job linkage, productive usage and adaptability of skills, availability of career opportunities, and employ-ment resilience. The findings indicate that job quality in Bolivia has mostly remained incessant, exhibiting limited change even during periods of high growth in economic output. However, this result masks heterogeneities, with significant variation in job quality associated with workers’ demographic and job-specific characteristics and across regions.This paper is a product of the Poverty and Equity Global Practice. It is part of a larger effort by the World Bank to provide open access to its research and make a contribution to development policy discussions around the world. Policy Research Working Papers are also posted on the Web at http://www.worldbank.org/prwp. The authors may be contacted at gcanavire@worldbank.org, mdavalos@worldbank.org, and rcuevac1@illinois.edu. Beyond the Usual: Understanding the MultidimensionalNature of Job Quality in Bolivia’s Labor Market∗Gustavo Canavire-Bacarreza†Ronald A. Cueva‡Mar´ıa E. D´avalos§Keywords: Labor Market, Principal Component Analysis, Job Quality, Bolivia JEL Classi ication: J21, J26, J28, J81∗The opinions expressed in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the viewsof the World Bank, its Board of Directors, or the countries they represent. We thank Carlos Rodriguez-Cast...
