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This study designed and conducted a field experiment to assess the impact of randomized mobile money dissemination in rural Mozambique
How rural labor markets in Malawi changed following exogenous shocks to labor migration to the South African gold mines in the1960s and 1970s.
African demographics, economic structure, politics and globalization trends combine into a perfect storm for Africa’s policy makers.
This paper explores differences in economic outcomes between return migrant households and non-migrant households using panel data
This study is a randomised evaluation of two job-search support programmes for urban youth in Ethiopia
Measures the extent to which households adjust children’s school attendance to cope with exogenous shocks to household income, assets and labour supply
This study analyses the socio-economic determinants of young people’s decisions to internally migrate in Senegal
Returning refugees are 6% points more likely to have finished primary school than their contemporaries who never left the country
This paper reviews a growing literature on migration and globalization, focusing on its relevance for developing and emerging economies.
This study examines the dynamics of non-farm microenterprises, including entry, exit, hiring, and transitions to the formal sector
This study look at labor costs in a range of low and middle income countries, using data from the World Bank’s Enterprise Surveys
The purpose of this report is to present some descriptive statistics and related analysis of the 2012–13 survey data
This study analyses the effect of young women’s timing of the first birth on her entry in the labour market and selection into different types of employment
This study uses nationally representative panel data from Ethiopia, Malawi, Tanzania, and Uganda
Do obstacles to job search contribute to labour market exclusion in developing countries?
The Role of Personality, Cognition, and Shocks in Madagascar
This research is part of the Gender, Growth and Labour Markets in Low-Income Countries programme
This paper studies how lack of information on the skills of workers affects both employers and job seekers
This paper examines the labor market implications of a mandatory social insurance scheme for private sector employees in the formal sector
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