This paper provides new cross-country evidence on the impact of cognitive skills, as measured by international achievement tests, on subsequent youth employment outcomes. In our initial analysis, we find that high average scores are strongly associated with increases in school enrollment and...

This paper investigates the relationship between sectoral growth patterns and employment outcomes both across and within countries. Consistent with the literature on sectoral growth patterns and poverty alleviation, a broad cross-country analysis reveals that in middle-income countries,...

This paper analyzes heterogeneity among the self-employed in 74 developing countries, representing two thirds of the population of the developing world. After profiling how worker characteristics vary by employment status, we classify self-employed workers outside of agriculture as...