Aid agencies have invested in the idea that economic development reduces emigration from poor countries, but the experience has been very different

School-based life skills classes can change attitudes, strengthen social connections, and help girls assert more control over their lives while...

While technical skills training increases overall employment in the short term, soft skills training increases employment and earnings in the long...

How can policymakers ensure high take-up rates for programmes designed to increase women’s economic empowerment?

Refugee inflows from Syria to Turkey led to the displacement of women in the labour force, but also reduced the risk of intimate partner violence

Low self-confidence may keep women from persuading family members that they should enter the workplace, despite wanting to work themselves

A large influx of Syrian refugees in Turkey induced substantial increments in Turkish firm production and entry, with variation in effects across...

International labour migration and related remittances increase human capital attainment in rural areas, and over the long run trigger a shift of...

The provision of information about peers’ aspirations increases the labour market expectations of Saudi women, and is not counteracted by local...