SMishucoding/Guinea-Bissau-Labor-Force-Agribusiness-Analysis

# Guinea-Bissau-Labor-Force-Agribusiness-Analysis # 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau Labor Force & Agribusiness Analysis ## Understanding Employment, Productivity, and Structural Transformation This project presents a comprehensive analysis of labor market dynamics in Guinea-Bissau, with a focus on the transition from primary agriculture to agribusiness. Using nationally representative Labor Force Survey (LFS) data, the analysis examines workforce composition, job quality, and structural constraints affecting economic transformation. --- ## Objectives - Distinguish between primary agriculture and agribusiness employment - Assess job quality across sectors (formality, occupation, earnings) - Analyze workforce composition by gender, age, and education - Identify who accesses higher-value agribusiness jobs - Highlight structural constraints limiting labor mobility --- ## Key Insights ### 1. Agriculture Dominates Employment The majority of workers are concentrated in primary agriculture, while agribusiness remains small and underdeveloped. ### 2. Extremely Low Levels of Education Approximately 94% of workers have no or only primary education, limiting access to higher-productivity employment. ### 3. Agribusiness Requires Higher Human Capital Workers in agribusiness are relatively more educated, but even educated individuals remain largely in agriculture, indicating limited job absorption. ### 4. Informality is Systemic - Agriculture: ~95–99% informal - Agribusiness: ~80–90% informal Informality is a structural feature across the entire labor market. ### 5. Gender Dynamics Are Complex Women are more educated than men in this workforce but remain concentrated in informal and lower-value roles. ### 6. Youth Are Concentrated in Agriculture Younger workers are heavily concentrated in agriculture, while agribusiness is dominated by prime working-age individuals (25–44). ### 7. Earnings Remain Low Most workers fall into low income categories, with limited differentiation across …