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Informal work along the business cycle: Evidence from Argentina

Albertini, Julien; Poirier, Arthur; Sopraseuth, Thepthida - In: IZA Journal of Development and Migration 11 (2020) 1, pp. 1-16

employment, informal employment, unemployment, and nonparticipation. We compute the contribution of each transition rate to … fluctuations in unemployment and informality rates. We identify five stylized facts: (i) Nearly 40% of the fluctuations in the … unemployment rate involves unemployment ins and outs from/to informal jobs. (ii) More than 40% of the fluctuations in informality …

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Can public works programs reduce youth crime? Evidence from Papua New Guinea's Urban Youth Employment Project

Ivaschenko, Oleksiy; Naidoo, Darian; Newhouse, David; … - In: IZA Journal of Development and Migration 7 (2017) 9, pp. 1-32

Crime rates in Papua New Guinea's capital city of Port Moresby are among the highest in the world. Few youth work, and good jobs are scarce. In 2013, the National Capital District Commission partnered with the World Bank to implement the Urban Youth Employment Project. The project offers...

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Enforcement of labor regulations and job flows: Evidence from Brazilian cities

Abras, Ana; Almeida, Rita K.; Carneiro, Pedro; … - In: IZA Journal of Development and Migration 8 (2018) 24, pp. 1-19

The frequency of labor inspections in Brazil increased in the late 1990s. In the years that followed, between 2003 and 2007, formal employment expanded significantly in the country. This paper examines whether these city-level changes in labor inspections could be a significant factor...

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Better together: Active and passive labor market policies in developed and developing economies

Pignatti, Clemente; Van Belle, Eva - In: IZA Journal of Development and Migration 12 (2021) 1, pp. 1-27

market policies (PLMPs) on main employment indicators (i.e., unemployment, employment, and labor force participation) for a …

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First fired, first hired? Business cycles and immigrant labor market transitions

Xu, Huanan - In: IZA Journal of Development and Migration 8 (2018) 19, pp. 1-36

monthly transitions among employment, unemployment, and nonparticipation. Immigrants are found to be first fired and first … hired over the business cycle, and the aggregate unemployment gap is caused by immigrants' higher rates in the unemployment …

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Refugees welcome, but not in my backyard? The impact of immigration on right-wing voting : evidence from Germany

Jasny, Johannes; Becker, Tilman - In: IZA Journal of Development and Migration 11 (2020) 1, pp. 1-20

This article studies whether immigration in voter's neighborhoods is a driving factor of the rise of Germany's major … right-wing party Alternative fuer Deutschland (AFD) and the decline of Angela Merkel's center ruling party the Christian …

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