Labour Markets

When goals get in the way: Imperfect information in job search in South Africa

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

Labour Markets

Abhijit Banerjee Sandra Sequeira

Published

10.04.20

Women, work, and social norms in Saudi Arabia

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...

Labour Markets

David Yanagizawa-Drott

Published

21.02.20

How a rising minimum wage reduced earnings inequality in Brazil

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

Labour Markets

Christian Moser Niklas Engbom

Published

03.02.20

Solving sub-Saharan Africa’s demographic challenge: Matching firms and workers

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

Labour Markets

Oriana Bandiera

Published

27.11.19

Empowering women through direct digital wage payments

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

Labour Markets

Erica Field Rohini Pande Natalia Rigol Simone Schaner Charity Troyer Moore

Published

04.11.19