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The economies of small developing states tend to be more fragile than those of large ones. This paper examines this issue in a dynamic context by focusing on the impact of the brain drain on North-South trade-related technology diffusion and total factor productivity growth in small and large...
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This paper relies on a simple framework to understand the gender wage gap in Macedonia, and simulates how the gender wage gap would behave after the introduction of a minimum wage. First, it presents a new–albeit simple–decomposition of the wage gap into three factors: (i) a wage level...
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High youth unemployment rates may be a signal of difficult labor market entry for youth or may reflect high churning … authors find that Latin American youth do follow the OECD trends: their high unemployment reflects high churning while their … duration of unemployment is similar to that of non-youth. The paper also finds that young adults (age 19-24) have higher …
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design of the unemployment benefits and pension systems in Brazil could affect savings rates, the share of time that … the unemployment benefits and pension systems, which calls for joint policy analysis when considering reforms; and (iii …
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The authors examine the factors affecting the transition to self-employment in Bosnia and Herzegovina, using the World Bank Living Standard Measurement Survey panel household survey for the years 2001-2004. In the beginning of the sample, the country changed its legal framework, with the primary...
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Agricultural and other physically demanding sectors are important sources of growth in developing countries but prevalent diseases such as malaria adversely impact the productivity, labor supply, and choice of job tasks among workers by reducing physical capacity. This study identifies the...
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This paper provides evidence on the effects of agricultural productivity on wage rates, labor supply to market oriented activities, and labor allocation between own farming and wage labor in agriculture. To guide the empirical work, this paper develops a general equilibrium model that...
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This paper builds on previous studies to uncover evidence suggesting that cyclical fluctuations in returns to schooling are determined by fluctuations in foreign demand, which tend to be positively correlated with returns to schooling. The effect of export fluctuations (driven by changes in...
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It is a contentious issue whether large scale mining creates local employment, and the sector has been accused of hurting women?s labor supply and economic opportunities. This paper uses the rapid expansion of mining in Sub-Saharan Africa to analyze local structural shifts. It matches 109...
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, including the unemployment rate, the average wage index, and overall and female employment levels and labor force participation … structural reforms at the cross-country macro level on labor-market outcomes other than the unemployment rate. Data were …, the paper does not find conclusive evidence on unemployment. Redistributive effects in favor of workers, along the lines …
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