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Sticky feet : how labor market frictions shape the impact of international trade on jobs and wages

Hollweg, Claire H. - 2014

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Institutions and labor market outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa

Fox, M. Louise - 2008

"The authors use firm-level survey data from the manufacturing sector in 20 Sub-Saharan African countries to explore the links between labor market regulations and net job creation. A first look at firm characteristics, perceptions, and the dynamics of employment at the firm level suggests that...

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Making work pay in Madagascar : employment, growth, and poverty reduction

Hoftijzer, Margo - 2008

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Labor market distortions in Côte d'Ivoire : analyses of employer-employee data from the manufacturing sector

Kristensen, Nicolai - 2005

"The authors investigate the extent and nature of distortions in the labor market in the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire by using quantile regression analysis on employer-employee data from the manufacturing sector. They find that the labor markets in Côte d'Ivoire do not seem to be much distorted....

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Trade liberalization and labor market adjustment in Brazil

Blom, Andreas (contributor) - 2003

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Segmentation and earnings profiles in LDC's : a study of the Bombay labor market

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Working to End Poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean--Workers, Jobs, and Wages

World Bank - 2015

While LAC continues its progress towards becoming a middle-class region, in 2013 poverty reduction was slower than in … financial crisis. Driving the lower gains in shared prosperity and poverty reduction is the region’s slowing economic growth … its implications for the region’s social gains going forward. It shows that the region’s push to increase its human …

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Liberia - Employment and Pro-Poor Growth

World Bank - 2012

Fourteen years of civil conflict (1989-2003) have destroyed Liberia's social and economic infrastructure and brought the economy nearly to a halt. Workers who came of age during the conflict are largely unskilled, and the supply of workers exceeds demand by a substantial margin. The negative...

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Kyrgyz Republic : Poverty Assessment, Volume 2. Labor Market Dimensions of Poverty

World Bank - 2012

This report, which has been prepared by the World Bank in cooperation with the National Statistical Committee, provides an assessment of poverty in the Kyrgyz Republic using the most recent data available. The objective of this report is to understand to what extent economic growth has reduced...

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