. First, the COVID-19 shock has been severe and widespread across firms, with persistent negative impact on sales. Second, the … employment adjustment has operated mostly along the intensive margin (that is leave of absence and reduction in hours), with a … about the future, especially among firms that have experienced a larger drop in sales, which is associated with job losses …

rural economy. This paper develops a theoretical model that focuses on higher migration costs due to restrictions on … alienability, and identifies the possibility of a reverse structural change where the share of nonagricultural employment declines … on manufacturing and services employment, rural wages, and per capita household consumption. The evidence on the …

How much an economy should invest in its physical infrastructure is a crucial question being asked by policy makers …

design issues behind the collection of individual-level employment data in nationally representative household surveys and … captured in the reviewed surveys. Third, it takes stock of current approaches to collect employment data and discusses critical …Individual-level employment data have a wide range of applications. They are used to monitor labor markets and the …

Women, Business and the Law database, the paper documents large and persistent gender inequalities, especially with regard …

This paper presents a new dataset of comparable employment indicators for South Asian countries, constructed from more … individual respondents to censuses and surveys, in a way that is consistent across countries and over time. The usefulness of the … dataset is illustrated by conducting a rigorous assessment of employment characteristics, of changes in employment over time …