not experienced growth in employment, a phenomenon observed elsewhere in transitional economies and labeled as jobless …

business environment variables at the subnational level in explaining firm employment and productivity growth. The analysis …

This paper investigates the contribution of small firms to employment, job creation, and growth in developing countries …. While small firms (<20 employees) have the smallest share of aggregate employment, the SME sector's (<100 employees … and employment growth, even after controlling for firm age. Large firms, however, have higher productivity growth …

The many and varied crises in the world economy since 2007 seem to have different origins and diverse manifestations …

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 … disaggregated occupational choices suggests that land restrictions increase wage employment in agriculture, but reduce it in …

world regions in terms of the main drivers of the U-shape hypothesis, including gross domestic product per capita, economic … explanation behind these findings may be economic and cultural. Jobless growth and the lack of growth in employment sectors such … as manufacturing and services, which proved critical for female employment in other countries, weaken labor demand and …

-conflict or low-conflict areas. Employment rates are higher in large part because women participate more in the labor market, but … work tends to be more vulnerable, with more self-employment and unpaid family work. The authors show that these differences …