Inclusive Growth - Labor Markets Gender and Technology (IGx-LMGT)

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Session No.: OL 24.113
Location: Course conducted online
Delivery Method: Online Training
Date: January 1, 2024 - April 15, 2024 (15 weeks)
Primary Language: English
Deadline passed
Target Audience:
- Mid-level to senior officials involved in economic and strategic planning; monitoring and evaluating policy strategies for reducing poverty and inequality; and promoting job creation.
Qualifications:
- Participants are expected to have a degree in economics or equivalent experience.

The course examines inclusive growth from a labor market perspective.
It explains how an inclusive labor market matters for an individual's economic well-being and for the economy’s overall efficiency.
Determinants of labor market outcomes covered include:
- an individual's attributes,
- the economic cycle,
- shocks,
- technology.
The course discusses discrimination as an important determinant of labor market outcomes and how discrimination could be addressed.
It explores how artificial intelligence and technological advancements affect labor market inclusivity and introduces possible policy options to steer technological progress toward greater inclusivity.
Gender-focused content includes:
- analysis of gender discrimination,
- the potential gains of gender inclusion,
- policy options to reduce multiple dimensions of the gender gap.
The course addresses the consequences of informality and duality in the labor market.

Upon completion of the course, participants should be able to:

Describe what it means for a labor market to be inclusive.
Interpret indicators of labor market inclusiveness.
Examine determinants of labor market outcomes, including an individual's attributes, the economic cycle, shocks, and technology.
Investigate the consequences of informality and duality in the labor market.
Analyze gender inequality and its negative economic implications.
Discuss what policy makers can do to enhance inclusiveness while weighing possible tradeoffs between equity and efficiency.