Labour Markets & Migration
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Agricultural productivity and rural-urban wage gaps revisited: Lessons from panel data
Cities don't make workers (much) more productive, but productive workers move to cities
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Why are Indian men surprisingly reluctant to cross state borders?
India’s system of ‘fragmented entitlements’, whereby state residents get preferential treatment by the state government, hinders internal migration
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Imperfect substitution and development accounting
Technological and institutional environments, rather than differences in human capital, are behind variations in skill premia across countries
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Unemployment: An advanced economy problem?
A new data set based on household surveys shows that unemployment is largely a feature of advanced economies, particularly for low-skill workers
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Should they stay or should they go? Climate migrants and local conflicts
Migration acts as an escape valve for conflict in areas suffering from climate change, but does not increase conflict in destination countries
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Tackling youth unemployment
Vocational training programmes, rather than apprenticeships, make it easier for youth in Uganda to move between firms and out of unemployment.
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Labour market effects of workfare programmes: Evidence from India’s NREGA
India’s NREGA programme increased rural and urban wages and reduced rural to urban migration
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Goals and gaps: Tackling educational segregation of immigrant children
Career counselling helps close the immigrant-native gap in high-school track choice, grade repetition, and cognitive skills
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A toxic environment: Rapid growth, pollution and migration
Pollution is driving the young and well-educated out of China's cities