G²LM|LIC – Jobs of the World Database

The Jobs of the World Database (JWD) is a publicly available database constructed by harmonizing the available micro-datasets which contain information on jobs and labor market activities in low- and middle-income countries to create a multi-country macro-dataset. The current version of the data harmonizes census data (IPUMS) and Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS). This provides coverage of countries representing about 81 percent of the world’s population, and more than 90 percent of the population in low- and middle-income countries. The database focuses on a wide range of labor market characteristics including, but not limited to: labor force participation, type of employment (e.g., waged or self-employment), sector of employment, skill level, etc. The data also contains information about internal and external migration patterns. All these aspects can be shown as aggregate at the level of country year, but also split along different characteristics including gender, education level, age groups, urban vs rural regions, etc. A major advantage of the database is the use of detailed data about household assets and dwelling characteristics to estimate a wealth density at the household level. This density was used to create wealth quintiles which can be used to investigate the labor market characteristic for different socio-economic groups (very poor, poor, average, rich, and very rich).

世界职业数据库（JWD）系一项公开可获取的数据库，该数据库通过调和包含低收入及中等收入国家就业和劳动力市场活动信息的现有微观数据集，构建了一个多国宏观经济数据集。当前版本的数据实现了人口普查数据（IPUMS）和人口与健康调查（DHS）的调和。此举覆盖了约占世界人口81%的国家，以及低收入及中等收入国家人口的超过90%。该数据库聚焦于广泛的劳动力市场特征，包括但不限于：劳动力参与度、就业类型（例如，受薪或自营）、就业部门、技能水平等。数据还包含了关于内部和外部迁移模式的信息。所有这些方面均可按国家-年份层级进行汇总展示，亦可根据性别、教育水平、年龄段、城乡地区等不同特征进行细分。数据库的一个主要优势在于，利用关于家庭资产和居住特征的具体数据，在家庭层级上估算财富密度。此密度被用于构建财富五分位数，进而可用于探究不同社会经济群体（极贫、贫困、中等、富裕及极富裕）的劳动力市场特征。