How does privatisation impact workers? Evidence from Brazil

When SOEs are privatised their employees’ wages, particularly for the less educated, fall dramatically, which also has negative spillover effects on workers at other private sector firms....

How corporate debarment affects workers in Brazil

The large negative effects of corporate debarment on workers should be an important consideration for governments...

Job loss and crime in Brazil

After mass layoffs criminal prosecutions increase for displaced workers, but eligibility for unemployment benefits offsets this effect...

Seasonal liquidity, rural labour markets, and agricultural production

Loans allowed low-income households to reallocate labour away from the market and back onto their own farms, and thereby improve their own harvests...

Hiring from suppliers and customers in the Dominican Republic

Workers who move to a customer or supplier are less likely to leave that firm down the line and also tend to get paid a higher salary...

Does workfare work? Evidence from Cote D’Ivoire

Programmes need to be better targeted and designed to maximise the social externalities they create for them to be cost-effective...