evidence of large heterogeneities among demographic groups. Interestingly, unemployment rates in levels across demographic … groups are not necessarily aligned with the sensitivity of these demographic groups’ (un)employment and participation rates …

-households' employment and unemployment surveys, enterprise surveys, administrative datasets, data from government schemes and National …

unemployment insurance (UI) as an instrument for employment protection during the pandemic-induced recession. The analysis reveals … underscore the potential of temporary layoff unemployment insurance schemes in developing countries as effective tools to address …

Wages are only mildly cyclical, implying that shocks to labour demand have a larger short-run impact on unemployment …

-employment to analyze the implications of introducing universal unemployment protection for informal workers through transfers …, which are conditional on participation in training programs. We study how changes in unemployment benefits (UB) for … increasing training UB reduces unprotected unemployment and improves labor market outcomes through higher formal salaried …

, greater average firm productivity, a larger formal employment share, and a marginally lower unemployment rate. …