Employment and sustainability: The relation between precarious work and spatial inequality in the neoliberal city

Señoret, Andrés; Ramírez, María Inés; Rehner, Johannes

doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2022.105840

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“…Precarious employment and poor prospects reproduce and reinforce distinctive territorial inequalities and thus create a stern limitation for sustainable development. Observing this [43] has opined that for pursuing sustainable development, work arrangements have to be fair and stable. Unfortunately, these are absent in the informal sector and the inequality features are observed in informal employment.…”

Section: Informal Employment Income Inequality and Economic Growthmentioning

confidence: 99%

Informal Sector Employment and Economic Growth: Evidence from Developing Countries in SDG Perspective

2022

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The understanding of the role of informal employment in economic growth is important to facilitate developing countries in safeguarding the decent work, productive employment, and inclusive growth agenda mentioned in Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 8. The present study attempts to this end by investigating the role of informal employment on economic growth with an aim to assist in fulfilling target 8.3 of SDG. This study utilizes the data available for 20 developing countries for the period 2011–2019. Panel data analysis techniques have been applied, considering the percentage of total employment in the informal sector as the main explanatory variable of the models. The relevant macroeconomic indicators are included in the model as control variables. Empirical findings from Fully Modified Ordinary Least Squares (FMOLS), Dynamic Ordinary Least Squares (DOLS), and Dynamic Fixed Effect (DFE) models indicate a positive effect of informal employment on the economic growth of developing countries. The other macroeconomic indicators, per capita income, national expenditure, money supply, and economic freedom, are also found to contribute to the economic growth of the selected countries. This study reveals an important bidirectional causal association between informal employment and economic growth, a unidirectional causal link from per capita income to informal employment and from informal employment to national expenditure. Taking into account the contribution of the informal sector to the economy, this study fosters the need for achieving the targets mentioned in SDG 8 by adopting appropriate policies rather than punishing this sector immediately.

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Section: Informal Employment Income Inequality and Economic Growthmentioning

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Informal Sector Employment and Economic Growth: Evidence from Developing Countries in SDG Perspective

2022

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“…The observed spatial distribution of street markets appears to contribute to the Chilean older people' food security, who may benefit more from it, considering their need to access cheap food [67]. The potential availability of street markets goes in hand with the actual use of them, as a recent CEDEUS survey in the area shows ( [88]; see also [89,90]). While the analysis presented in this paper estimates that about 22% of the elderly population in Santiago has a street market within a 10-min walk, the CEDEUS survey with about 400 participants (over all age groups) shows that 96% of the population go to ferias and markets to buy fresh products and other primary goods.…”

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Elderly Walking Access to Street Markets in Chile: An Asset for Food Security in an Unequal Country

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Street markets can contribute to food security, since they are a source of fresh food and comparably inexpensive goods, being very relevant for low-income groups. Their relevance is even higher when considering older people, due to their often-constrained financial resources and possibilities to move. To assess the potential contribution of street markets to food security, this paper aims at evaluating to what extent older people have access to such a relevant asset. We consider the case of Chile, an ageing country with an unequal pension system, which makes it relevant for older people to access healthy and inexpensive food. We analyze what proportion of older people (i.e., people over 65) has walking access within 10 min to a street market—feria libre—in each Chilean region, with particular detail in the country’s four major urban areas. We compare the resulting accessibility maps with census data to identify neighborhoods with higher proportions of older people and examine their socio-economic conditions. Our findings show that while street markets are less accessible to older people in comparison to the general population, the inhabitants who can access them belong mainly to low-income groups. The results provide relevant insights to develop neighborhood-based policies for spreading and strengthening street markets, especially in low-income areas with insufficient levels of access to other relevant urban opportunities.

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“…It calls for social upgrading the value chain. Another social sustainability obstacle is the persistence of precarity in employment [11,12]. Linking the sustainability angle with the labour market condition is crucial for the future of work.…”

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The Dynamics of Indian Labour: Ramifications for Future of Work and Sustainability

Paul,

Datta,

Patnaik

et al. 2023

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The labour market is complex to systematise into a well-behaved structure. Here, we attempt to understand the synergy between actors and institutions in the Indian labour market and to reveal the implications for the future of work and sustainability. Combining aggregated and micro-level data from multiple sources, we examine the indicators regarding the macro economy, production and engagement in firms, and changes in the occupational structure of workers. While the familiar narrative of technology–labour acrimony emerges, it is weak. In contrast, the tie between economy and technology is a favourable representation of the proximity between human capital and technology. Inadequate human capital implies chances of non-absorption in employment, especially in the future, even for a labour-abundant country such as India. While labour market flexibility through tripartite contact work does not directly relate to labour productivity, high-wage blue-collar work is a more promising factor that aligns with productivity. On the sustainability front, upgrading environmental standards results in more cohesion between labour and capital. The conventional logic of substitutability between capital and labour is invalid when firms adopt environmental standards. From a policy vantage, the scenarios of sustainability transition to cleaner technologies and decent work require complementarity between capital and labour. Considering the dimension of upgrading in order to transition towards sustainability is an essential factor for understanding the future of work.

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Employment and sustainability: The relation between precarious work and spatial inequality in the neoliberal city

Cited by 8 publications

References 59 publications

Informal Sector Employment and Economic Growth: Evidence from Developing Countries in SDG Perspective

Informal Sector Employment and Economic Growth: Evidence from Developing Countries in SDG Perspective

Elderly Walking Access to Street Markets in Chile: An Asset for Food Security in an Unequal Country

The Dynamics of Indian Labour: Ramifications for Future of Work and Sustainability

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