Search Results - "IZA journal of labor & development"

Female labor force participation and child education in India: Evidence from the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme by Afridi, Farzana, Mukhopadhyay, Abhiroop, Sahoo, Soham

“…We exploit the implementation of India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme to identify exogenous shifts in mothers' labor force participation and its…”
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Making sense of Arab labor markets: The enduring legacy of dualism by Assaad, Ragui

“…It is well-established that Arab labor markets share certain common characteristics, including an oversized public sector, high youth unemployment, weak…”
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The impact of soft skills training on female youth employment: Evidence from a randomized experiment in Jordan by Groh, Matthew, Krishnan, Nandini, McKenzie, David, Vishwanath, Tara

“…Employers around the world complain that youth lack the soft skills needed for success in the workplace. In response, a number of employment programs have…”
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Social-family network and self-employment: Evidence from temporary rural-urban migrants in China by Zhang, Junfu, Zhao, Zhong

“…We hypothesize that individuals with a larger social-family network are more likely to choose self-employment. We test this hypothesis using data on temporary…”
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Life skills, employability and training for disadvantaged youth: Evidence from a randomized evaluation design by Ibarraran, Pablo, Ripani, Laura, Taboada, Bibiana, Villa, Juan, Garcia, Brigida

“…This paper presents an impact evaluation of a revamped version of the Dominican Republic's youth training program Juventud y Empleo. The paper analyzes the…”
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The Egypt labor market panel survey: Introducing the 2012 round by Assaad, Ragui, Krafft, Caroline

“…This paper introduces the 2012 round of the Egypt Labor Market Panel Survey (ELMPS), a publicly-available nationally representative longitudinal household…”
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Pathways from school to work in the developing world by Manacorda, Marco, Rosati, Furio Camillo, Ranzani, Marco, Dachille, Giuseppe

“…This paper uses novel micro data from the ILO-STWT surveys to provide evidence on the duration, endpoint, and determinants of the transition from school to…”
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The effects of electrification on employment in rural Peru by Dasso, Rosamaría, Fernandez, Fernando

“…We study the effects of a rural electrification program on employment in Peru. Taking advantage of the program's roll-out across districts over time, we adopt…”
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Compliance with legal minimum wages and overtime pay regulations in China by Ye, Linxiang, Gindling, Thomas, Li, Shi

“…We use a matched firm-employee data set to examine the extent of compliance with minimum wage and overtime pay regulations in Chinese formal sector firms. We…”
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The impact of minimum wages on informal and formal labor market outcomes: Evidence from Indonesia by Hohberg, Maike, Lay, Jann

“…This paper studies the effects of minimum wages on informal and formal sector wages and employment in Indonesia between 1997 and 2007. Applying fixed-effects…”
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The RUMiC longitudinal survey: Fostering research on labor markets in China by Akgüç, Mehtap, Giulietti, Corrado, Zimmermann, Klaus F

“…This paper describes the Longitudinal Survey on Rural Urban Migration in China (RUMiC), a unique data source in terms of spatial coverage and panel dimension…”
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Wage inequality and informality: Evidence from Mexico by Binelli, Chiara

“…While several studies have documented the expansion of the informal sector and its detrimental impact on development, few have noted that informality and wage…”
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Introducing the Tunisia Labor Market Panel Survey 2014 by Assaad, Ragui, Ghazouani, Samir, Krafft, Caroline, Rolando, Dominique J

“…This paper introduces the Tunisia Labor Market Panel Survey (TLMPS) of 2014, the first round of a publicly available nationally representative longitudinal…”
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The effect of doubling the minimum wage on employment: Evidence from Russia by Muravyev, Alexander, Oshchepkov, Aleksey

“…We take advantage of a natural experiment in the minimum wage setting in Russia to study the employment consequences of large hikes in the minimum wage. In…”
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Economic development and female labor participation in the Middle East and North Africa: A test of the U-shape hypothesis by Verme, Paolo

“…The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is known for having low female labor market participation rates compared with its level of economic development…”
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Gender and ethnic inequalities in LAC countries by Canelas, Carla, Salazar, Silvia

“…This article examines the structure of gender and ethnic wage gaps and the distribution of both paid and unpaid work in LAC countries. Its main contribution is…”
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Temporary work visas as US-Haiti development cooperation: a preliminary impact evaluation by Clemens, Michael A, Postel, Hannah

“…We report a small-sample, preliminary evaluation of the economic impact of temporary overseas work by Haitian agricultural workers. This work occurs in the USA…”
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Impact of minimum wage on gender wage gaps in urban China by Li, Shi, Ma, Xinxin

“…This paper provides evidence on whether the minimum wage (MW) has affected gender wage gaps in urban China. Several major conclusions emerge. First, from 1995…”
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Do minimum wages affect employment? Evidence from the manufacturing sector in Indonesia by Carpio, Ximena Del, Nguyen, Ha, Pabon, Laura, Wang, Liang Choon

“…This paper investigates the impact of minimum wages on employment and wages in Indonesian manufacturing firms between 1993 and 2006. It shows that within…”
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Formal sector subcontracting and informal sector employment in Indian manufacturing by Moreno-Monroy, Ana I, Pieters, Janneke, Erumban, Abdul A

“…Using nationally representative survey data of Indian manufacturing enterprises spanning the period 1995-2006, we analyze the link between formal sector…”
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