differences across countries. In the major European countries, unemployment has increased dramatically over the past two decades …

poverty. Drawing on data from Mexico's Adultos Mayores Program (Older Adults Program) --a cash transfer scheme aimed at rural …

This report seeks to put the issue of poverty in practical terms of what we know about poverty and what can be done to …

from the conference, No. 18, includes the following articles: Trade Liberalization and Employment in Developing Economies … Poverty in Brazil and Chile; The Role of Transaction Costs in Explaining Economic Performance and Income Distribution: Some …

This paper assesses the effects of the Colombian Unemployment Subsidy (US), which includes benefits as well as training … their unemployment rates. The study also finds a small though statistically significant positive effect on beneficiaries …

Nacional de Empleo de Emergencia (PLANE). It is found that unemployment as conventionally defined may not be the most important … problem in Bolivia's labor market, as the non-salaried market is always an alternative. While un- employment durations and … unemployment scarring consequences are relatively low, labor market regulations and labor market programs do not help to increase …

focus on unemployment. The main policies aimed at protecting workers against unemployment are analyzed. Using administrative … labor market. Finally, an impact evaluation of recent changes in the unemployment insurance program is presented. …

Providing unemployment insurance is particularly problematic in countries with high informality because workers can … claim unemployment benefits and work in the informal sector at the same time. This paper proposes a method to evaluate … unemployment insurance savings account (UISA) scheme can be evaluated. The method is applied to Mexico, and the results show how …

Unemployment is a pressing problem in many countries in Latin America. Financial crises and increased globalization … increase job turnover and therefore the risk of unemployment. To protect workers, Chile implemented an innovative unemployment … job search behavior between workers who use unemployment benefits and those who do not. Search efforts were found to fall …

of unemployment insurance and severance payments on the duration of unemployment and on the separation probability in … Argentina. Administrative data permits analysis of the duration of unemployment of covered spells with detailed information … informal jobs, which are not observed in administrative data. It is found that unemployment duration increases significantly …