Labour Markets & 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
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Let their people come: Migrants as drivers of knowledge diffusion
Migration, particularly skilled migration, is a driver of knowledge diffusion and it can induce productivity shifts as measured by new exports
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International migration's long-term impact: Evidence from a lottery
Outcomes for migration lottery winners suggest the economic payoff to moving to a richer country comes immediately and persists for at least a decade
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Corruption, bribery, and public sector hiring in developing countries
Government jobs are often allocated based on bribes and patronage. How does this process work, and can this lead to good outcomes?
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The impact of skills development on adolescent girls in Uganda and Liberia
Gender-sensitive youth employment programmes combining income generation and life skills training can be effective in helping adolescent girls succeed
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Helping young people access better employment opportunities
Low-cost interventions that help young people search for employment can improve access to formal and stable jobs, raising equity in the labour market
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How refugee camps benefit host communities
Refugee camps can have a positive effect on the local economy through increased demand for employment opportunities and agricultural goods
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Measuring living standards in African cities and rural areas
It’s no wonder that people are moving to cities. Urban areas offer better amenities and, on average, pay higher wages than rural areas.