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that measures that allow Venezuelans to obtain employment that matches their skills, such as facilitating the conversion of …
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This analysis assesses the role of skills, human capital endowment, and migration as determinants of Sub-Saharan Africa … skills and manufacturing global value chains are available for 19 subsectors was constructed. A fixed-effect gravity model …; investing in the quality of human capital; and promoting intraregional skills mobility …
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This paper assesses the impact of immigration to Western Europe on the exposure of native-born workers to economic and health risks created by the COVID-19 pandemic. Using various measures of occupational risks, it first shows that immigrant workers, especially those coming from lower-income...
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The role of employer discrimination in widening labor market differences between men and women has been hypothesized and investigated in different settings. Using a field experiment, this paper examines the presence and magnitude of gender-based discrimination by employers at the point of...
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. There are also important market and regulatory failures that constrain mobility and reduce the net benefits of migration … internalize the social costs of migration in receiving regions; and (5) more flexible private sector driven schemes to regulate … the flow of migrants and minimize irregular migration …
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higher-order skills, increased coverage at lower levels of schooling, and the quality of schooling …
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This paper examines the effects of a government-sponsored apprenticeship training program designed to address high levels of youth unemployment in Ghana. The study exploits randomized access to the program to examine the short-run effects of apprenticeship training on labor market outcomes. The...
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