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Self-employment and labour market dynamics of men and women in El Salvador and NicaraguaWe study the labour market dynamics of men and women in El Salvador and Nicaragua, focusing on the factors that help men and women move into an advantageous labour market state from an unfavourable state...
Employment Women Latin AmericaWorking Paper
Firm-level employment growth in South Africa: The role of innovation and exportsThis paper investigates the effect of innovation on employment growth at the firm level in South Africa. Innovation is typically associated with better export performance at the firm level due to productivity enhancements and new products...
Employment Exports Firm growthWorking Paper
Offshoring within South African manufacturing firms: An analysis of the labour market effectsIn South Africa, the manufacturing sector—important for growth and employment creation—has shown declining growth, poor productivity performance, decreased labour demand, and increased imports of intermediate goods (offshoring activities)...
offshoring Firm-level data Linked employer-employee dataWorking Paper
Social norms as a barrier to women’s employment in developing countriesThis paper discusses cultural barriers to women’s participation and success in the labor market in developing countries...
Culture Institutions Developing countriesBook Chapter
Unemployment, Employment and DevelopmentFrom the book: Asian Transformations
Labor Employment Economic growthJournal Article
Gender Inequality in Employment in MozambiquePart of Journal Special Issue Inequalities in the least developed countries
Gender Employment EducationWorking Paper
Earnings and employment microdata in South AfricaTraditionally, analysts of the South African labour market have used household survey data to describe earnings and employment in the post-Apartheid period...
Administrative data Data sources EarningsWorking Paper
Gender and the South African labour market: Policy relevant research possibilities using South African tax dataThis paper has three primary objectives...
Administrative data Employment GenderWorking Paper
Can a wage subsidy system help reduce 50 per cent youth unemployment?: Evidence from South AfricaThe paper examines the incidence and employment impacts of the Employment Tax Incentive, a South African wage subsidy system that is targeted at the employers of low-wage youth...
Employment youth unemployment TaxationWorking Paper
Individual-level employment transitions in rural VietnamStructural transformation in rural areas is a key issue in economic development...
Employment Structural transformation Rural areasPolicy Brief
Growth, employment, and poverty in Latin AmericaSome questions have been present since the very first days of development economics but have gained increased attention in recent years: Has economic growth resulted in gains in standards of living and reductions in poverty via improved labor market ...
Economic growth Employment PovertyWorking Paper
The evolution of private returns to education during post-conflict transformation: Evidence from MozambiqueThis paper estimates how private returns to education have evolved in the context of postconflict transformation in Mozambique...
Returns to education Workforce EmploymentPolicy Brief
Employment expectations of university students in Mozambique: Results from a baseline surveyBefore now, there has been no systematic study of the transition of university students as they finish their studies and enter the labour market...
Employment Education WagesReport
Baseline Survey on the School-to-Work Transitions of University Graduates in MozambiqueThe survey on the School-to-Work Transitions of University Graduates in Mozambique aims to respond to the concerns of the Government of Mozambique and development partners with respect to youth employment in the country...
Employment Education WagesBook Chapter
Mining's contribution to low- and middle-income economiesFrom the book: Extractive Industries
Mining Development Tax revenueWorking Paper
Employment and development in AsiaHow have economic development, employment, and labour markets in Asian countries interacted since the publication of Myrdal’s Asian Drama?...
Labor Employment Economic growth