Formal sector employment

Women and employment in the service sector

Public sector employment in Kenya is notoriously opaque.

(b) Indicators on informal sector and informal employment

Improving employment and working conditions in the informal sector

The financial sector dominates non academic employment of professional economists.

The role of the informal sector in generating employment opportunities

The rate of female employment in the service sector varies also within regions, depending on the sector.

Indicator 11 Women's share in paid employment in non agrarian sector

Reforms to increase and improve women's employment in public sector organizations.

By 2006, public sector employment was 78 and private sector 22 , compared to 91.8 to 8.2 in 1981.

The general assumption that formal sector employment is preferred over informal sector activity also applies to Indonesian workers.

In the year 2000, public sector employment was 76 and private sector, mainly composed by personal property, employment was 23 compared to the 1981 ratio of 91 to 8 .

If the financial sector declines, what will replace it in employment terms?

Asia s service sector is already large, contributing significantly to growth and employment.

Private sector employment is still down 4.1 million from its January 2008 peak.

Horizontal and vertical segregation can be illustrated by employment in the tourism sector.

However, the size and importance of the informal sector as a source of employment and work extends beyond the agricultural sector.

Particularly in the US, employment generation has been disproportionately in the non tradable sector.

Lost incomes will also drive down tax revenues, resulting in public sector employment cutbacks.

Distribution services are the single most important services sector in terms of employment generation.

In addition, economic reforms should include strengthening the private sector and enhancing employment opportunities.

Employment in the manufacturing sector has tended to increase (as a share of total employment), even in India, with its services driven growth.

Private sector participants and some Member States stressed the importance of the private sector in generating income and employment to eradicate poverty.

The sector currently accounts for approximately 4 per cent (1,960 employees) of the total private sector employment force in the Territory. 37

The tradable sector accounts for just 30 of the US economy (by value added), and employment growth in the tradable sector is negligible.

Service sector employment is sometimes viewed as more desirable than manufacturing since jobs in the service sector are seen to have higher status.

The largest private employment sector is health care and social assistance, with 16.4 million people.

Employment generation programmes in the informal sector have to be based on three essential measures.

Service sector employment may not, however, provide significantly more in terms of wages and security.

Figure 10 Employment in Israel, the PA, and the private sector, 1995 2003 (first quarter)

The private sector has not experienced sufficient growth, and in the public sector, the State has been forced to reduce the number of State institutions, thereby reducing public sector employment, with the result that workers have had to seek employment in the informal sector. Consequently, 70 out of every 100 economically active women work in the informal sector in conditions of underemployment.

Equality in recruitment and employment practices All public sector agencies have established practices, procedures, and recruitment rules with regard to employment including that of women.

Cutting down on employment in this sector will only be possible with economic recovery and the private sector becoming able to create more jobs.

(d) Interregional programme of technical cooperation on the measurement of the informal sector and informal employment

(e) Methods of evaluation of data quality of surveys on the informal sector and informal employment

Minority communities' employment in the public sector is 55 per cent of the stipulated minimum level.

The racial disparity in levels of education is reflected in employment in the international business sector.

Governments collaborated with the private sector to promote a change of management culture regarding women's employment.

In addition, the Government would provide job search assistance, skills development and private sector employment incentives.

Employment in the distribution sector accounts for a sizeable share of non agricultural employment in developing countries, and it is significantly higher than in developed countries.

If employment growth in the non tradable sector dominated by government and health care falters, the tradable sector will have to take up the slack.

As a result, the large non tradable sector and the domestic demand portion of the tradable sector cannot serve as engines of growth and employment.

The private sector is seen as an important stakeholder in the education and employment of young people.

The transition to a market economy changed the nature of employment of women in the State sector.