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Can mothers afford to work in Poland : labor supply incentives of social benefits and childcare costs

Bargu, Ali; Morgandi, Matteo - 2018

This paper analyzes the incentives to labor supply faced by families, particularly mothers, with young children in the context of a recently introduced fertility promotion benefit in Poland. The paper is based on an adapted version of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's...

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Wider economic benefits of investments in transport corridors and the role of complementary policies

Melecký, Martin; Sharma, Siddharth; Subhash, Hari - 2018

-in-difference method. The results suggest that the highways shifted employment from the farm to the nonfarm sector, and that this shift was …, the poverty rate, or the incidence of regular wage employment. The results suggest that the highways caused an increase in …

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Hit and run? : income shocks and school dropouts in Latin America

Cerutti, Paula; Crivellaro, Elena; Reyes, Germán; … - 2018

three countries, the analysis finds evidence that youth who drop out due to a household income shock have worse employment … programs likely play an important role in the decision to exit school as well as the employment outcomes of those who exit …

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Migrants, towns, poverty and jobs : insights from Tanzania

Christiaensen, Luc J.; De Weerdt, Joachim; Ingelaere, Bert - 2018

access off-farm employment and exit poverty because they are more nearby. It concludes with a call for greater consideration …

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Effect of climate policies on labor markets in developing countries : review of the evidence and directions for future research

Hafstead, Marc; Williams, Roberton C.; Golub, Alexander; … - 2018

employment, even in fossil-fuel-intensive countries. Therefore, the effect on aggregate employment will likely be small …

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Public works programs and crime : evidence for El Salvador

Acosta, Pablo; Monsalve Montiel, Emma - 2018

Most evaluations of public works programs in developing countries study their effects on poverty reduction and other labor market outcomes (job creation, earnings, and participation). However, very few look at other collateral effects, such as the incidence of violence. Between 2009 and 2014, El...

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Access to employment and property values in Mexico

Atuesta, Laura H.; Ibarra-Olivo, J. Eduardo; Lozano … - 2018

it determines accessibility to employment subcenters and public transport stations. Using a geographically … are shown considering road accessibility to formal employment subcenters (private accessibility) and distance to the main … public transport stations in the city (public accessibility). The results suggest that accessibility to employment subcenters …

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Sharing the benefits of innovation-digitization : a summary of market processes and policy suggestions

Islam, Roumeen - 2018

Governments play a very important role in supporting innovation, managing the disruptive effects of innovation, and ensuring that the benefits of innovation are broadly shared in the long run. This paper reviews the literature on market mechanisms that translate innovation into jobs and policies...

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Jobs! : electricity shortages and unemployment in Africa

Mensah, Justice Tei - 2018

sectors of the economy, consequently leading to a reduction in the number of employment opportunities in Africa. Using geodata … causal impact of electricity shortages on employment, and the mechanisms driving the impact. Results from the paper reveal … that electricity shortages exert a substantial negative impact on employment rates in Africa. The evidence also shows three …

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Inequality of opportunity in South Caucasus

Fuchs, Alan; Tiwari, Sailesh; Shidiq, Akhmad Rizal - 2018

This paper discusses equality of opportunity in Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia, with an emphasis on access to labor market opportunities. It develops an inequality of opportunity index on access to good jobs and decomposes the contributing factors in the prevailing inequality. Then, it...

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