Abstract

In this paper, we analyze the Individuals’ level of engagement on the labor market and the engagement heterogeneity across individuals in matters of labor market outcomes and the effectiveness of policy interventions. Emerging economies with highly segmented and distorted labor markets typically exhibit strong heterogeneity in labor market engagement. This paper develops an innovative index that measures individuals’ labor market engagement across three dimensions (preferences, intensity, and barriers) and across three labor market categories (employed, unemployed, and out-of-labor force) based on a recent special labor market survey in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Clustering individuals with similar engagement levels permit more effective targeting of labor market interventions. Findings confirm the strong heterogeneity of labor market engagement in the KSA and the index’s usefulness in the construction of differentiated policies across these clusters.

中文翻译：

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并非每个人都参与其中：一种创新的方法来衡量劳动力市场上的参与水平

摘要

在本文中，我们分析了个人在劳动力市场上的参与程度，以及个人在劳动力市场成果和政策干预措施有效性方面的参与异质性。劳动力市场高度细分和扭曲的新兴经济体通常在劳动力市场参与方面表现出强烈的异质性。本文基于最近的特殊劳动力市场，开发了一种创新指数，该指数可以跨三个维度（偏好，强度和障碍）以及三个劳动力市场类别（就业，失业和劳动力不足）来衡量个人的劳动力市场参与度。沙特阿拉伯王国（KSA）进行的调查。将参与程度相似的个人聚在一起，可以更有效地针对劳动力市场干预措施。