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Duration of pre-university education and labour market outcomes: Eevidence from a quasi-experiment in GhanaTHIS ARTICLE IS ON EARLY VIEW. This study provides new evidence on the effect of shortening the duration of pre‐university education on long‐term labour market outcomes in Ghana, exploiting the education reform of 1987 as a natural experiment...
years of education Labour market labour market outcomesWorking Paper
What works to mitigate and reduce relative (and absolute) inequality?: A systematic reviewOver the past two decades, research on the impacts of a diverse range of public policies and income inequality has seen rapid growth...
Income inequality Systematic review tax policyWorking Paper
By choice or by force?: Uncovering the nature of informal employment in urban MexicoUsing a special module of the 2015 Mexican Labour Force Survey with information on workers’ preferences for jobs with social security coverage, I estimate that 80 per cent of informal workers in large urban areas would prefer to work in a job t...
informal work Labour market Labour market segmentationWorking Paper
Fiscal policy, labour market, and inequality: Diagnosing South Africa's anomalies in the shadow of racial discriminationInequality in South Africa is the enduring legacy of racial discrimination...
Inequality Discrimination job searchWorking Paper
Polarization in the South African labour market: Economy-wide scenariosTechnical change impacts both the employment intensity of production and the composition of occupations and skills of employment...
Labour market Polarization Computable general equilibriumBlog
Graduating in the shadow of the pandemic: The impact of COVID-19 on the transition of young Mozambicans from school to workSince appearing in 2019, the COVID-19 pandemic has plunged the world into an unprecedented health and socioeconomic crisis...
school -to-work transitions Labour market EducationJournal Article
Wage growth and inquality in urban China: 1988-2013Part of Journal Special Issue Income inequalities and redistribution in China
Wages Income inequality Wage growthWorking Paper
Duration of pre-university education and labour market outcomes: Evidence from a quasi-experiment in GhanaThis paper provides new evidence on the causal effect of shortening the duration of pre-university education on long-term labour market outcomes in Ghana...
years of education Labour market labour market outcomesBlog
The labour market implications of COVID-19 for Bangladeshi womenWith the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Bangladesh on 8 March 2020 and the initiation of a lockdown on 26 March 2020, 1 the livelihoods of a significant number of people were under serious threat — with women most likely to suffer the wors...
COVID-19 Gender inequality Labour force participationNews
Baseline survey reveals challenges faced by vocational students in Mozambique
Mozambique Education Labour market News
Study reveals mismatch between qualifications and market needs in MozambiqueTracer study suggests Mozambique’s economy is not generating enough demand for employees with a university-level education, and that students are often poorly aware of career paths and what different jobs require. First published in November 2019,...
Mozambique Education Labour marketWorking Paper
Labour market polarization in South Africa: A decomposition analysisThere is evidence from developed countries that technical change affects not only the employment intensity of production, but also the occupational composition of employment...
Decomposition Labour market Polarization
Blog
A summer of learning: Takeaways from the first UNU-WIDER Summer School
As an applied economist working as a lecturer and researcher in Nigeria, opportunities to learn and exchange ideas with peers can be few and far between...
Labour market Household data Economic policyWorking Paper
Are you what you consume?: Impact of food, soft drinks, and coffee on cognitive and non-cognitive test scoresCognitive and non-cognitive tests are key factors in many aspects of economics, especially within labour market analysis...
cognitive test non-cognitive test Measurement errorWorking Paper
Occupational choice of skilled workers in the presence of a large development sector: Evidence from Sierra LeoneUsing data from Sierra Leone, I explore the role of cognitive ability in sorting across sectors and the importance of perceptions in the employment decision-making process...
Development Employment Foreign aid