Labour Markets & Migration

Temp agency workers in Argentina receive 49% of the workplace-specific pay premia earned by regular workers in user firms

Published 14.10.20

Youth skill assessment increased employment and earnings for treated workseekers by providing information to both them and prospective employers

Published 12.10.20

Caste identity concerns constrain labour supply decisions, causing Indian workers to avoid certain jobs even at large economic costs

Published 05.10.20

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

Published 21.09.20

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

Published 31.08.20

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

Published 24.08.20

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

Published 12.08.20

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

Published 31.07.20

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

Published 20.07.20