Rising violence in Mexico City led workers, especially women, to reduce hours and leave the labour force

Creating well-paying and secure jobs for the future must require a holistic, collaborative strategy that addresses the structural deficiencies in the...

As half a million Venezuelan refugees seek amnesty in Colombia, locals exercise their voice through voting

Income support for laid-off formal workers can be beneficial even in countries with high informality, but how the benefits are disbursed matters

Policymakers might seek to address the frictions that prevent potentially beneficial migration to urban areas from taking place

Despite evidence of increasing household wages, anti-poverty schemes in India can have an adverse effect by lowering human capital investment

Higher media reporting of sexual assaults reduces women’s likelihood of working outside their homes in urban India

Providing migrants working rights and social benefits has minimal impacts on local labour markets

Novel administrative data reveal that firms share a significant amount of rents with temporary workers, but less than with their permanent employees