Public works employment
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Can governments promote long-term employment through wage subsidies? Lessons from North Macedonia
A government-led programme in North Macedonia combined wage subsidies with matching services to decrease long-term unemployment among vulnerable jobseekers. Experimental evidence indicates that the programme significantly improved formal employment i...
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Do public works programmes have sustained impacts in LMICs?
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The long-run effect of public works employment: Evidence from Tunisia
Public works employment in Tunisia has large, positive effects for both directly targeted individuals and their neighbours in the short-term, which mostly disappear five years post-programme