We study the causal impact of the minimum wage on employment and welfare in Thailand using a difference …-age male workers. As such, increases in the minimum wage are associated with increases in household consumption per capita in …

This paper provides a theoretical and quantitative analysis of various types of wellknown employment subsidies. Two … important questions are addressed: (i) How should employment subsidies be targeted? (ii) How large should the subsidies be? We …) improve employment and welfare, (b) do not raise earnings inequality and (c) are self-financing. This criterion enables us to …

% decrease in manufacturing employment. We document important spillovers for untreated sectors in treated counties, untreated …

% decrease in manufacturing employment. We document important spillovers for untreated sectors in treated counties, untreated …

innovation is lacking. We address this issue by analyzing the effect of farmer innovation on household welfare, measured by … income, consumption expenditure, and food security. Using household survey data from northern Ghana and applying endogenous … switching regression, we find that farmer innovation significantly increases household income and consumption expenditure for …