Labour Markets & Migration

References from former employers help women to find jobs and assist hiring firms in selecting high-ability candidates

Published 13.06.19

Can firms attract better candidates by paying people to apply for jobs?

Published 12.06.19

Soft skills certificates improve the allocation of workers to jobs, and raise earnings conditional on employment

Published 10.06.19

Manufacturing job loss, induced by competition with China, increased cocaine traﬃcking, thereby increasing violent crime in urban areas in Mexico

Published 27.05.19

What are the impacts of job advertisements that are targeted at specific genders?

Published 27.03.19

What are the barriers that hinder young people from getting jobs in Ethiopia and how can they be overcome?

Published 20.03.19

Exposure to illegal labour markets in childhood leads to the formation of industry-specific human capital, putting children on a criminal life path

Published 05.03.19

Removing barriers to internal migration can boost a country’s productivity, albeit modestly and with heterogonous effects on original populations

Published 22.02.19

Low-skilled natives tend to be most affected by low-skilled migrants, but are high-skilled natives most affected by high-skilled migrants?

Published 31.01.19