The latest push for industrialization in Ethiopia has attracted much academic and public interest. This paper assesses Ethiopia's competitiveness and attractiveness as an investment destination by comparing domestic productivity and input costs to a sample of manufacturing exporting countries....

Measurement of disability and linkages with welfare, employment, and schooling -- The impact of health shocks on employment, earnings, and household -- Consumption in Bosnia and Herzegovina -- Health disabilities and labor productivity in Russia in 2004 -- The implications of poor health status...

Improving the returns to labor for low-paid workers is a key policy challenge, especially in low-income countries (LICs) where earnings increases are the single most important source of poverty reduction and an important engine of shared prosperity. Yet, the understanding of individual earnings...