Simple statistical tools fail to describe jobs well in developing countries, new research by Damir Esenaliev and Neil Ferguson shows

In November 2018, Social Indicators Research published an original research article by Damir Esenaliev and Neil Ferguson on the relationship between good jobs and personal wellbeing. This study is one of the first conducted in a development context that looks beyond simple measures of job quality suggested by the classical labour supply model. This research shows that such simple measures are insufficient to explain the relationship between welfare and work, implying the need to develop better – as well as more – jobs in developing contexts.

The open access article and be found and read here.

Our Initiatives