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employment opportunities for unskilled African labourers. Youth residing in mining settlements, have a large vested interest in … school students towards mining as a form of employment and its impact on economic and social life in mining communities are …
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We investigate the trend in the gender employment gap in the expanding nonsubsistence sector of the economy in … female human capital, with less attained education, as well as literacy and Portuguese proficiency rates. The lower … conditional employment probabilities of married women, as compared with men, is the other factor. These findings point at …
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force participation over the period, led by increases in women's education and shifts in the occupational structure of the …
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analysis of the effects of the Ukrainian crisis, the isolation of Iran on diversification sources, and on European energy …
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-existing sociopolitical crisis that threatened the regime's legitimacy and territorial control, policy-makers were primarily interested in …
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This paper makes a set of estimates for the potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on poverty incidence, intensity, and severity in developing countries and on the distribution of global poverty. We conclude there could be increases in poverty of a substantial magnitude-up to 400 million new...
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reduce losses in incomes and consumption in times of crisis, by simulating hypothetical reductions to earnings and employment …-Saharan African countries-Ghana, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia-in normal times and times of widespread economic crisis … countries is low in normal times. The effectiveness of benefits to stabilize income and consumption in times of crisis is also …
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We study how the stringency of policy measures to counter the COVID-19 pandemic affects individuals' trust in formal institutions. Drawing on micro-level panel data from Germany spanning an 18-month period from the onset of the pandemic, we show that, on average, there is a pronounced negative...
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This paper addresses the question of how farmers displaced by acquisition of agricultural land for the purpose of industrialization ought to be compensated. Prior to acquisition, the farmers are leasing in land from a landlord, either a private owner or a local government. There are three sets...
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This paper aims to contribute to understanding the existing knowledge gaps in the linkages of energy, water, and land use in Southeast Asia and explores the political economy of energy transition in the Mekong region (MR). Investigating the struggle over hydropower development and...
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