Reducing transport costs and increasing exposure to the labour market leads to job seekers improving targeting in the job search

Most Saudi men think that women should be allowed to work but are unaware that others share this view, so often don’t support their wife taking a job

Over a 16-year period, the Brazilian government more than doubled the real minimum wage. During the same time frame, earnings inequality decreased...

Evidence from Uganda shows both vocational training and within-firm training help workers find better-paid jobs, but with crucial differences

Providing poor Indian women with more control of their potential wages increased labour force participation and led to more progressive gender norms

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

A study in urban India reveals that workers would be willing to reduce their wages for greater job security while also incorporating flexibility

The return of Yugoslavian refugees from Germany in the 1990s explains the stronger performance of exports to the rest of the world in industries...

Evidence from Uganda suggests that vocational training is more effective in tackling youth unemployment than apprenticeships