Labour Markets & Migration
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How can online job portals help firms find workers? Evidence from India
Providing firms with advertising and identity verification tools increases their hiring through a job portal, improving their ability to fill...
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Does manufacturing employment improve women’s agency? Evidence from Lesotho
The emergence of ready-made-garment sectors in poor countries can have substantial impacts on women’s health and decision-making power
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How childcare empowers women
Providing access to childcare can help women achieve greater economic parity and enhance their agency, and could also lead to a substantial boost to...
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Paid work for women and domestic violence: Evidence from Rwanda
New coffee mills in Rwanda increase women's paid employment, and women's and their husbands' earnings, which decreases domestic...
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Constraints to migration: Evidence from Comoros
A workfare programme increases migration by loosening households’ liquidity and risk constraints
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Do small firms need more workers? Evidence from Ghana
Allowing workers to signal their ability more easily increases access for the poor and alleviates labour constraints faced by small firms in Ghana
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How relationships between jobseekers affect labour market interventions: Evidence from Ethiopia
Job-search networks can be weakened by labour market interventions, such as job-search assistance, which can have adverse consequences for...
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Can psychosocial interventions make anti-poverty programmes more cost-effective? Evidence from Niger
A community-level film event and group-based life skills training can improve the cost-effectiveness of anti-poverty programmes
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Grandmothers and the Mexican labour market
Childcare responsibilities fall disproportionately on women, causing them to leave the labour market after grandmothers pass away