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The gender employment gap : the effects of extended maternity leave policy in Viet Nam

Tu Thi Ngoc Le; Ngoc Thi Bich Pham - World Institute for Development Economics Research - 2021

This study seeks to determine the effect on the gender employment gap and women's employment of the extension of maternity leave from four months to six months in Viet Nam's 2012 Labor Code. To identify this effect, labour market outcomes of groups of women and men are compared. We use the...

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The dynamics of formal employment during and after the COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda

McNabb, Kyle; Barugahara, Tina Kaidu; Kavuma, Susan … - 2023

This paper studies the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on formal sector employment in Uganda. Utilizing employee-level administrative tax data from the Uganda Revenue Authority, we describe the dynamics of employment as the pandemic evolved, seeking to better understand the various coping...

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Impact of COVID-19 lockdowns and aidpackages : evidence from Viet Nam

Cuong Viet Nguyen - 2022

In view of the detrimental effect of COVID-19 lockdowns on household welfare, most countries implemented economic stimulus aid packages to support households. The extent to which these packages mitigated the pandemic's adverse effects on households is not just an intriguing question for...

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Effects of Employment Protection on Worker and Job Flows : Evidence from the 1990 Italian Reform

Kugler, Adriana D. - 2019

This paper uses the Italian Social Security employer-employee panel to study the effects of the Italian reform of 1990 on worker and job flows. We exploit the fact that this reform increased unjust dismissal costs for firms below 15 employees, while leaving dismissal costs unchanged for bigger...

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The mitigating role of tax and benefit rescue packages for poverty and inequality in Africa amid the COVID-19 pandemic

Lastunen, Jesse; Rattenhuber, Pia; Adu-Ababio, Kwabena; … - 2021

This paper analyses the distributional effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and related tax-benefit measures in 2020 in a cross-country comparative perspective for five African countries: Ghana, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. We first estimate the impact of the crisis on disposable...

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The role of automatic stabilizers and emergency tax-benefit policies during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ecuador

Jara, H. Xavier; Montesdeoca, Lourdes; Tasseva, Iva - 2021

This paper makes use of tax-benefit microsimulation techniques to quantify the distributional effects of COVID-19 in Ecuador and the role of tax-benefit policies in mitigating the immediate impact of the economic shocks. Our results show a dramatic increase in income poverty and inequality...

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Addressing poverty and inequality in Viet Nam during the COVID-19 pandemic : an examination of the alleviating impact of tax and benefit measures

Mahieu, Antoine de; Lastunen, Jesse - 2023

This paper investigates the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and related tax-benefit measures in Viet Nam. The focus is on the initial phase of the crisis in 2020. The study delves into how the pandemic affected disposable incomes, examining the differences across the income distribution and...

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Tax-benefit responses in Uruguay during the COVID-19 pandemic

Amarante, Verónica; Scalese, Federico - 2022

transfer programme to reach informal workers, and simplification of the requirements for unemployment insurance benefit. On the … instruments were unemployment insurance in 2020 and the conditional cash transfer directed at households with children in 2021 …

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Evaluating the impact of the 2023-2024 personal income tax reform in Rwanda : an analysis using tax-benefit microsimulation modelling

Mahieu, Antoine de; Lastunen, Jesse; Mukangango, Jeannette - 2023

Establishing an equitable and efficient tax system is essential for reducing poverty, combating inequality, and fostering sustainable economic growth. Rwanda's government has recognized this and implemented significant changes to the personal income tax schedule for 2023 and 2024 as part of...

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Does foreign aid harm political institutions?

Jones, Sam; Tarp, Finn - 2015

The notion that foreign aid harms the institutions of recipient governments remains prevalent. We combine new … disaggregated aid data and various metrics of political institutions to re-examine this relationship. Long-run cross-section and … alternative dynamic panel estimators show a small positive net effect of total aid on political institutions. Distinguishing …

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