ADePT Labor Version 1.0 (Automated analysis of the labor market)

ADePT Labor is an integrated set of programs that allows users to produce tables for analysis of labor market conditions in low- and middle-income countries.

The current version of ADePT Labor processes individual level data and generates about 30 tables on employment status, earings, working hours, inequality, as well as poverty and child labor. This set of tables that ADePT Labor produces corresponds to the guidelines defined in “A Guide for Assessing Labor Market Conditions in Developing Countries” developed by HDNSP, PREMPR and HDNED as well as those set forth in "The Role of Employment and Labor Income in Shared Growth: What to Look for and How". Specific definitions of the indicators have been refined based on the results of pilot studies conducted in eight countries: Bangladesh, Brazil, Egypt, Ghana, Jordan, Madagascar, Morocco, and Senegal.

The documentation for ADePT Labor program consists of the following documents:

• "The Role of Employment and Labor Income in Shared Growth: What to Look for and How"
• "ADEPT Labor. User's Guide: Definition of Variables and Indicators"
• “ADePT Labor. Technical User’s Guide”
• “Getting Started with ADePT Labor” (a shorter version of the “Technical User’s Guide”)

An example of tables produced using Nicaragua data can be downloaded in PDF or XML format.

More information on the relationship between employment, growth and poverty can be found on the Employment and Shared Growth webpage.

The ADePT software is created in the Poverty Team of the Development Research Group, Development Economics Vice Presidency by Michael Lokshin, Senior Economist (lead), Zurab Sajaia, and Sergiy Radyakin. The project was completed under guidance of Martin Ravallion.

Financial support from the World Bank's Research Committee, PRMPR and PRMGE is gratefully acknowledged.