As labor market data is scarce in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), this paper uses household survey data to analyze the … agricultural feminization and engage in formal wage employment, but these opportunities diminish when women marry-a disadvantage … alternative avenue to escape low-paid jobs in agriculture, but the increase in per capita income is lower than male …

Early evidence on the pandemic's effects pointed to women's employment falling disproportionately, leading observers to … to two-thirds exhibiting larger declines in women's than men's employment rates. These gender differences in COVID-19's … related to COVID-19's impacts on gender shares in employment within sectors …

in the context of a segmented labor market in Sub-Saharan Africa. We find that immigration affects (i) employment (ii …This paper uses census and household survey data on Cameroon, Ghana, and South Africa to examine immigration's impact …) employment allocation between informal and formal sectors, and (iii) the type of employment within each sector. The direction of …

We evaluate the direct employment effect of the public investment in key infrastructure-electricity, roads, schools and … employment effect. Overall, we estimate that one percent of global GDP in public investment can create more than seven million … jobs worldwide through its direct employment effects alone …

This paper examines the impact of trade on employment, wages, and other outcomes across countries and explores the … firm-level dataset to examine the impact of import competition on employment, wages, and firm performance, as well as the … industries, import competition actually strengthens employment growth. In addition, import competition tends to improve average …

firms' digital transformation. This will be essential for economies to bounce back from the pandemic, and build the …

The aim of this paper is to provide new estimates of employment-output elasticities and assess the effect of structural … and macroeocnomic policies on the employment-intensity of growth. Using an unbalanced panel of 167 countries over the … reducing government size have a significant and positive impact on employment elasticities. In addition, the results also …

This paper analyzes the effects of selected structural reforms on output and employment in the short and medium term … and employment in the medium term. Furthermore, the paper also assesses whether the impact of structural reforms varies …

environment around the time of the Arab Spring and the extent to which these constraints affected their employment performance … to electricity are found to explain a significant part of the lack of employment growth in MENA firms compared to their …

paper argues that, in violation of the spirit of the WTO Agreement in Agriculture, the special agricultural safeguards have …