In economies characterized by low labor demand and high rates of youth unemployment, entrepreneurship training has the … self-employment among applicants, but that the effects are small in absolute terms. In addition, the employment rate among … participants remains unchanged, pointing to a partial substitution from wage employment to self-employment. The evidence shows that …

This paper analyzes the differential impact of climate change policies on employment in Eastern Europe and Central Asia … regulatory changes on employment. In many aspects, the nature of the shock associated with climate regulation is similar to that … higher energy prices by reducing production, which in turn would lead to lower employment. In the presence of frictions in …

-hour basis. What look like large productivity gaps in national accounts data could really be employment gaps, calling into … question the prospective gains that laborers can achieve through structural transformation. These employment gaps, along with …

differences in employment protection between permanent and temporary employees, which could lead to a segmented labor market … across different types of employment contracts, has been shown to have adverse effects on welfare and economic performance. …

This paper investigates the contribution of small firms to employment, job creation, and growth in developing countries …. While small firms (<20 employees) have the smallest share of aggregate employment, the SME sector's (<100 employees … and employment growth, even after controlling for firm age. Large firms, however, have higher productivity growth …

, unemployment, and wage employment, particularly relative to older adults. The percentage employment reductions, for example, were … the severity of the shock. Among active workers, youth experienced by far the largest adverse impacts on employment …. Employment rates, as a share of the population, also plummeted for men. Larger drops in male employment were primarily …

unemployment and informality but quickly increasing its social security coverage for health. The analysis makes use of a panel of … likely to transition into unemployment or out of the labor force. There are marked differences in the profiles of …