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treatment impacts and their heterogeneity. The average impact of training on employment is positive, but close to zero and … training, the paper finds that training had statistically significant effects on the quality of employment and that the …
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it determines accessibility to employment subcenters and public transport stations. Using a geographically …-referenced data set on new housing developments, this paper estimates how households value accessibility in Mexico City. The results … are shown considering road accessibility to formal employment subcenters (private accessibility) and distance to the main …
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data from 2005-15 for Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico, this paper explores the effect of a negative household income shock on … likelihood that students in upper secondary and tertiary school exit school in Argentina and Brazil, but not in Mexico. For the … three countries, the analysis finds evidence that youth who drop out due to a household income shock have worse employment …
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capital endowment. With a stagnant total employment rate, the large disparities in employment and earnings across individual … or she works plays a role in his or her employment and earnings. Regional differences in employment and earnings are …
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It is a contentious issue whether large scale mining creates local employment, and the sector has been accused of …,000 individuals and exploits the spatial-temporal variation. With mine opening, women living within 20 km of a mine switch from self-employment …
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Relying on census data collected in 2002 and historical weather data for Uganda, this paper estimates the impact of weather-induced internal migration on the probability for non-migrants living in the destination regions to be employed. Consistent with the prediction of a simple theoretical...
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The author analyzes regional labor market disparities in transition by presenting some data and summarizing existing literature. He finds that large and persistent regional labor market disparities developed in virtually all transition countries and that there is some evidence of polarization....
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Rising youth unemployment rates have been increasingly recognized as a serious challenge in developing and advanced economies, as the trend indicates a potential skills gap between the demands of the workforce and recent graduates. Effective dual education programs utilizing a combination of...
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This paper examines the relationship between individuals? skills and labor market outcomes for the working-age population of Colombia?s urban areas. Using a 2012 unique household survey, the paper finds that cognitive skills (aptitudes to perform mental tasks such as comprehension or reasoning)...
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percent in current employment among male participants. The evaluation also found that the program has had positive effects on …
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