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The labor market worsening effects of a resource bust : evidence from the crude oil price shock in Ecuador
Parra-Cely, Sergio; Zanoni López, Wladimir - 2022
To assess the effects of an oil price bust on individual labor market outcomes, we leverage the 2015 exogenous decline in international oil prices with geographical variation in oil-dependency in Ecuador. To account for propagation mechanisms, we also test the causal effect of the oil price bust...
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Venezuelan migration in Peru : short-term adjustments in the labor market
Morales, Fernando; Pierola, Martha Denisse - 2020
migrants in terms of employment, informality and earnings of Peruvian workers during 2008-2018. We find that a 1 pp increase in …
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Natural disasters and labor market outcomes in Mexico
Acevedo, Ivonne; Castellani, Francesca; Lopez de la … - 2023
probability of employment is negatively and significantly affected by storms, resulting in a 1 percentage point reduction in the … affected by landslides experience a worsening of labor market outcomes (employment, hours, and wages) in the following quarter. …
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Automation trends and labor markets in Latin America
Brambilla, Irene; César, Andrés; Falcone, Guillermo; … - 2023
automation on industry and local labor share, employment, wages, personal inequality and poverty. We focus on seven Latin …
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Mobility restrictions and automation in the developing world : evidence from Peru's labor market
Benítez-Rueda, Miguel; Domínguez, Nicolás; Parrado, Eric - 2023
that mobility restrictions significantly decreased employment rates (−22.5%) and hourly wages (−74.1%) for workers in …
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Gender gaps in employment, wages, and work hours : assessment of COVID-19 implications
Tverdostup, Maryna - 2021
empirically investigate the dynamics and drivers of gender gaps in employment rates, wages and workhours during the pandemic … experienced a major decline in their employment rate and workhours, as well as gender segregation in the most affected industries …
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A rapid road to employment? : the impacts of a bus rapid transit system in Lima
Scholl, Lynn; Martinez, Daniel; Mitnik, Oscar A.; … - 2018
lines, may increase access to a wider array of job opportunities, potentially leading to increased rates of employment … from the system, before and after the system started to operate. We find large impacts on employment, hours worked and …
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Product Market Integration, Comparative Advantages and Labour Market Performance
Andersen, Torben M.; Skaksen, Jan Rose - 2006
. Wages, employment and welfare increase as a result of further product market integration. It is interesting to note that the …
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Female labor force participation, labor market dynamic, and growth
Bustelo, Monserrat; Flabbi, Luca; Piras, Claudia; … - 2019
The labor force participation of women is lower than the labor force participation of men. This empirical regularity is particularly acute in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). In terms of labor market productivity and growth potential, these lower participation rates constitute a reserve of...
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Labour regulations and growth of manufacturing and employment in India : balancing protection and flexibility
Hoda, Anwarul; Rai, Durgesh K. - 2015
The factors responsible for the lacklustre performance India's manufacturing are well identified in contemporary literature. The important ones are absence of world class infrastructure, complex system of internal taxation, an unpredictable taxation environment, and regulations relating to land...
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