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Database of Labor Markets and Social Security Information System (SIMS)

By Social Protection and Labor Markets Division (VPS/SCL/SPL)

The Database of Labor Markets and Social Security Information System (SIMS) is the most important source of information about jobs and pensions in Latin America and the Caribbean. It encompasses harmonized statistics of 25 countries in the region, assuring the comparability of the indicators among them and also over time. The dataset includes data since 1990 and it presents 72 main indicators, which can be broken down by age group, gender, zone, level of education and other. The SIMS contains information in 6 broad categories: population, employment, unemployment, income, social security and poverty. This database seeks to contribute to public policies design based on evidence to strengthen the development of the region.

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Identifier https://doi.org/10.60966/w2vn3pvc
License Creative Commons Attribution–NonCommercial–NoDerivs 3.0 IGO
Citation

Inter-American Development Bank, 2016, Database of Labor Markets and Social Security Information System (SIMS), IDB Open Data, https://doi.org/10.60966/w2vn3pvc
Published date 2016-07-15
Modified date 2025-04-11
Language Spanish
Temporal coverage 1990-2020
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Region Latin America and the Caribbean
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Data collection type Administrative Data
Statistical type Panel Data
Data structure Structured Data
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Indicator-Country-Year

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