NEW DELHI: Not all jobs are ‘good jobs’, and employment and wellbeing are not correlated in countries like Indian and Peru, a research study by two British universities has showed. Of the four countries from where the research collected samples, inequality was highest in India and Peru, and lowest in Vietnam and Ethiopia. The team examined how employment status and job attributes are linked to the wellbeing of young people in India, Ethiopia, Peru and Vietnam. Well-being and employment of young people in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam’, has been published in the journal Development Policy Review. Good jobs provide greater wellbeing to those that hold them and their value to society is higher.

Source: Mint August 11, 2021 09:22 UTC