Labour Markets & Migration
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How a rising minimum wage reduced earnings inequality in Brazil
Over a 16-year period, the Brazilian government more than doubled the real minimum wage. During the same time frame, earnings inequality decreased...
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Solving sub-Saharan Africa’s demographic challenge: Matching firms and workers
Evidence from Uganda shows both vocational training and within-firm training help workers find better-paid jobs, but with crucial differences
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Empowering women through direct digital wage payments
Providing poor Indian women with more control of their potential wages increased labour force participation and led to more progressive gender norms
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Scabs: The social suppression of labour supply
Social norms help sustain wage floors with workers taking jobs at wage cuts in private, but rejecting them in public due to fear of sanctions
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Job security or flexibility?
A study in urban India reveals that workers would be willing to reduce their wages for greater job security while also incorporating flexibility
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Migration and post-conflict reconstruction
The return of Yugoslavian refugees from Germany in the 1990s explains the stronger performance of exports to the rest of the world in industries...
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Do apprenticeships work?
Evidence from Uganda suggests that vocational training is more effective in tackling youth unemployment than apprenticeships
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The value of reference letters: Experimental evidence from South Africa
References from former employers help women to find jobs and assist hiring firms in selecting high-ability candidates
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Should we pay job applicants?
Can firms attract better candidates by paying people to apply for jobs?