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Who demands labour (de)regulation in the developing world? : Insider-outsider theory revisited

Ronconi, Lucas; Kanbur, Ravi; López-Cariboni, Santiago - 2019

Contrary to the predictions of the insider-outsider model, we show that the large majority of outsiders in developing countries support, rather than oppose, protective labour regulations. This evidence holds across countries in different regions, across different types of protective labour...

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Does connectivity reduce gender gaps in offfarm employment? : evidence from 12 low- and middle-income countries

Egger, Eva-Maria; Arslan, Aslıhan; Zucchini, Emanuele - 2021

jobs. We combine household survey data from 12 low- and middle-income countries in Asia, Latin America, and sub …

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Agricultural and rural transformations in Asian development : past trends and future challenges

Vos, Rob - 2018

countries of the region. In much of East and Southeast Asia, the Green Revolution brought a quantum leap in yields of staple … growth and urbanization, which in turn induced deeper agrarian change and food system transformations. In South Asia, these … insecurity in this part of Asia remain. These challenges remain in a context of relatively advanced urbanization, strongly …

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Income inequality in Latin America : recent decline and prospects for its further reduction

Cornia, Giovanni Andrea - 2015

The paper reviews the extent of the income inequality decline that took place in Latin America in 2002-10 and then focuses on the factors that may explain such decline. These include a lowered skill premium following an expansion of secondary education among the poor, and the adoption of more...

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Heterogeneous informality in Costa Rica and Nicaragua

Alaniz, Enrique; Gindling, Thomas; Mata, Catherine; … - 2021

Informal work is often considered a place of employment for marginalized and vulnerable workers who have been rationed out of preferred formal work. However, informality can also be seen as a dynamic sector that budding entrepreneurs and those looking for flexible working conditions enter...

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Are routine jobs moving south? : evidence from changes in the occupational structure of employment in the USA and Mexico

Cortes, Guido Matias; Morris, Diego M. - 2020

The decline of employment in middle-wage, routine task intensive jobs has been well documented for the USA. Increased offshoring towards lower-income countries such as Mexico has been proposed as a potential driver of this decline. Our analysis provides a unique and new approach to address the...

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How good are manufacturing jobs in Myanmar? : evidence from matched employer-employee data

Falco, Paolo; Gioia, Francesca; Trifkovic, Neda - 2021

The quality of people's jobs is a fundamental determinant of their well-being, and judging the state of a labour market on the basis of job quantity alone delivers a very partial picture. This study is an attempt to place the spotlight on the working conditions of workers in the Myanmar...

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Pecuniary returns to working conditions in Viet Nam

Nordman, Christophe J.; Sharma, Smriti - 2018

Using matched worker-firm data from three waves of the Viet Nam Small and Medium Enterprises data, we examine whether workers are compensated with higher wages for working in vulnerable jobs and unfavourable working conditions. Wage equations indicate that there are no clear compensating...

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Spillover effects of international standards : work conditions in Vietnamese small and medium enterprises

Trifković, Neda - 2015

Most studies focus on trade effects and organizational outcomes of international standards, neglecting the effect of standards on employees. Using a two-year matched firm-employee panel dataset, this paper finds that the application of standards improves work conditions in small and medium...

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Improving young women's working conditions in Tanzania's urban food vending sector

Mhando, Nandera Ernest; Mramba, Nasibu Rajabu - 2021

In this paper, we investigate the working conditions of the young women working as assistants in the food vending sector in Tanzania using interviews and focus group discussions which are supplemented with quantitative survey. Data were collected in the municipalities of Nyamagana and Ilemela in...

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