THE IMPACT OF GROWTH ON POVERTY. EVIDENCE FROM THE “JOBLESS GROWTH” IN ALBANIA

İmelda SEJDİNİ; İna SEJDİNİ

Article Details

THE IMPACT OF GROWTH ON POVERTY. EVIDENCE FROM THE “JOBLESS GROWTH” IN ALBANIA

Authors:

İmelda SEJDİNİ | İna SEJDİNİ

Publisher:

Sosyal Bilimler Araştırmaları Derneği

Journal:

International Journal of Social Sciences and Humanity Studies 2012 Vol.4 Issue 1, pp.185-193

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

5/2012

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2000820319

Frequency:

Bi-Annual

eISSN:

1309-8063

Abstract:

 

Development and growth are supposed to have a positive impact in the labor
 markets but “jobless growth” seems to be a major obstacle for the poor to benefit
 from the positive growth performance experienced by this country, as by many
 other countries around the world. There is a wide disparity in the extent of poverty
 reduction that a growth process can achieve. Therefore, the impact of growth on
 poverty is seen as depending on the extent to which growth generates employment
 and good earning opportunities. If employment growth is achieved at the expense
 of wage reductions, it may have an inadequate impact on poverty. Moreover,
 since in many low income countries the poor cannot afford to be unemployed,
 policies should be more concerned with raising the income of the working poor.
 In this paper we analyze the evidence from Albania with the purpose to expand
 the understanding of these issues, providing empirical effort into the debate that
 why growth is jobless in this country, by studying the cumulative and sectored
 employment and productivity profile of growth and its correlation with observed
 poverty changes.
 The main findings are related to the labor market policies that can improve the
 working conditions and the sectored growth which achieves a greater poverty
 reduction. Interesting implications are explored for policy makers in order to
 apply successful strategies that enhance the positive impact of growth on poverty.

Article Details

THE IMPACT OF GROWTH ON POVERTY. EVIDENCE FROM THE “JOBLESS GROWTH” IN ALBANIA

Authors: İmelda SEJDİNİ | İna SEJDİNİ

Publisher: Sosyal Bilimler Araştırmaları Derneği

Journal: International Journal of Social Sciences and Humanity Studies 2012 Vol.4 Issue 1, pp.185-193

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 5/2012

Document Language: Turkish

Document ID (Org No.): 2000820319

Frequency: Bi-Annual

eISSN: 1309-8063

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Authors:

İmelda SEJDİNİ | İna SEJDİNİ

Publisher:

Sosyal Bilimler Araştırmaları Derneği

Journal:

International Journal of Social Sciences and Humanity Studies 2012 Vol.4 Issue 1, pp.185-193

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

5/2012

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2000820319

Frequency:

Bi-Annual

eISSN:

1309-8063