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Of great importance to the future World economy is the future labor force of Asia, as Asia is by far the most populous … region in the World. Expected future levels of education, very young and youth population, youth employment and unemployment … between Asia and selected other regions and aggregates are also included. Gini human capital coefficients are constructed for …
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The issue of employer power is underemphasized in the development literature. The default model is usually one of competitive labor markets. This assumption matters for analysis and policy prescription. There is growing evidence that the competitive labor markets assump- tion is not valid for...
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In this paper we review the literature on the impact that monetary policy has on growth and employment in developing … investment and technological change and hence on economic growth and on employment. There is very little research about the … direct links between monetary policy and employment. The impact of growth on employment depends on what are the main drivers …
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transformation. This growth has been extensively associated with more employment, higher wages, shared prosperity, and poverty …
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that the within-country relationship of women's employment and income is, on average, negative in Asia and Latin America … self-employment amongst women. In Asia and Latin America, there is a parallel rise in paid employment and a sharp drop in … family structure with income pooling is less the norm, there are fewer opportunities for paid employment, and aggregate …
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and economic growth. Developing countries on the other hand, especially countries in Asia are in the process of shifting …
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services they need to move up out of poverty. -- foreign assistance ; economic growth ; employment ; poverty ; developing …
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This paper analyses the difference in short-term employment recovery between young men and women in India, Peru and … women and an increase in the gender employment gap. In line with the literature, we find evidence that the unequal … of the change in the employment gap in India. Contrary to the previous literature, however, we find little evidence that …
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The world's poorest people lack capital and skills and toil for others in occupations that others shun. Using a large-scale and long-term randomized control trial in Bangladesh this paper demonstrates that sizable transfers of assets and skills enable the poorest women to shift out of...
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Many governments seek to reduce emigration from low-income countries by encouraging economic development there. A large literature, however, observes that average emigration rates are higher in countries with sustained increases in GDP per capita than in either chronically poor countries or...
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