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paper, we conduct a randomized controlled trial in Bangladesh that provides informal firms with information on occupational …
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the Multifibre Arrangement (MFA) - spread through Bangladesh's labor markets. Although the end of the MFA was arguably … exogenous to Bangladesh, we instrument export demand with OECD imports to ensure identification. We compare estimates of the ….Unlike in other studies, these local labor market effects dissipate quickly. Furthermore, Bangladesh's export shock was sector …
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evidence building by examining the impact of a large-scale workfare program in Bangladesh, the Employment Generation Program …
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Economic preferences – like time, risk and social preferences – have been shown to be very influential for real-life outcomes, such as educational achievements, labor market outcomes, or health status. We contribute to the recent literature that has examined how and when economic preferences...
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Informality is ubiquitous in the labor markets of developing countries, and requiring that firms formally register, pay taxes, and provide employee benefits stipulated in labor regulations to reduce such informality is challenging. However, a matched survey on employer-employee preferences...
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three villages of Bangladesh in 2013. In spite of having no direct effects, we find that microcredit borrowing has an …
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representative household survey for two cohorts of married women, I examine female CUA incidence and correlates in Bangladesh …
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This paper uses a novel matched employer-employee data set representing the formal sector in Bangladesh to provide …
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Using a choice experiment among 2,000 workers in Bangladesh, we to elicit willingness to pay (WTP) for specific job …
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Non-formal schools play an increasingly important role in the delivery of educational services in poor communities, but little systematic evidence is available about their placement choices. We study location choice of "one teacher, one classroom" non-formal primary schools pioneered by BRAC...
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