Labour Markets
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Reexamining whether, when and how developing country governments should provide job training and job search support
Recent evidence offers reasons to be a little more optimistic about job training and intermediation programmes, but there remain some reasons for caution
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How relationships between jobseekers affect labour market interventions: Evidence from Ethiopia
Job-search networks can be weakened by labour market interventions, such as job-search assistance, which can have adverse consequences for individuals who do not receive assistance
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Informal labour markets and rent-extraction from the unemployment insurance system: Evidence from Brazil
When eligible for unemployment benefits, workers and firms make strategic layoffs in the presence of informal labour markets
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The socioeconomic effects of export slowdowns: Evidence from China
Cities with export slowdowns had larger increases in crime rates, driven by weakened labour markets
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The relationship between labour market conditions and policy effects: Evidence from Mexico’s PROGRESA
A conditional cash transfer programme was less effective in regions with more exposure to export-manufacturing jobs
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Building a good jobs economy
Creating well-paying and secure jobs for the future must require a holistic, collaborative strategy that addresses the structural deficiencies in the labour market
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Mexico’s economic growth puzzle: A conversation with Santiago Levy
Why has economic growth stuttered in Mexico despite, on the face of it, implementation of sensible economic policies by successive governments?
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India’s National Education Policy: A need to look beyond the classroom to improve results
India should consider how government policies have both intended and unintended consequences for education, as they impact incentives to attend school
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Bridging the gap: Reducing rural isolation with new infrastructure
New bridges generated a 19% internal rate of return by mitigating the loss of wage income due to floods and inducing spillovers on farm productivity