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Effects of the 2008–09 Economic Crisis on Labor Markets in Mexico

Freije-Rodriguez, Samuel; Lopez-Acevedo, Gladys; … - 2020

The 2008-09 economic crisis has had a long-lasting negative impact on the Mexican economy. This paper examines labor market dynamics in Mexico in light of the crisis. The labor market has been characterized in recent years by low relative unemployment, but high levels of informal jobs,...

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ICT Adoption and Wage Inequality : Evidence from Mexican Firms

Iacovone, Leo - 2018

This paper uses a panel of firms from the Mexican Economic Censuses and analyzes at the microeconomic level how labor markets adapt to the adoption of information and communication technologies. The paper studies the effects of the adoption of information and communication technologies over the...

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How Did the Great Recession Affect Different Types of Workers? Evidence from 17 Middle-Income Countries

Cho, Yoonyoung - 2011

This paper examines how different types of workers in seventeen middle-income countries were affected by labor market retrenchment during the great recession. Average employment growth slowed dramatically, particularly for wage and industrial sector workers, with corresponding increases in...

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Institutions and Labor Market Outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa

Fox, Louise - 2016

The authors use firm-level survey data from the manufacturing sector in 20 Sub-Saharan African countries to explore the links between labor market regulations and net job creation. A first look at firm characteristics, perceptions, and the dynamics of employment at the firm level suggests that...

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Job Creation and Demand for Skills in Kosovo : What Can We Learn from Job Portal Data?

Brancatelli, Calogero - 2020

In Kosovo, employers report significant skill shortages, which limits firm growth and job creation. To understand the … platforms are used almost exclusively for filling high-skill occupations, especially in Kosovo's capital city, Pristina, whereas … many low- and medium-skill jobs and jobs outside the capital are filled through informal channels. Overall, online data can …

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Automation and Labor Market Outcomes : The Pivotal Role of High-Quality Education

Bentaouet Kattan, Raja - 2018

-generations model with endogenous school choice in which the quality of a country's education system determines how well skill supply …

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Labor Policy and Digital Technology Use : Indicative Evidence from Cross-Country Correlations

Packard, Truman - 2017

This paper exploits variation in country-level indicators drawn from published data to analyze the relationship between labor regulation and the use of digital technology. The analysis shows a statistically and economically significant association between digital technology use by firms and a...

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The Nature of Trade and Growth Linkages

Didier, Tatiana - 2017

This paper shows new empirical regularities indicating that the structure of trade connections affects the trade-growth nexus. System generalized method of moments estimations indicate that key structural features associated with the composition of traded products and partners matter for growth....

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Impact of U.S. Market Access on Local Labor Markets in Vietnam

Hoang, Trung xuan - 2018

This paper examines the impact of U.S. market access on local labor markets in a developing country, Vietnam. The study finds that following the implementation of the Vietnam?United States bilateral trade agreement in December 2001, manufacturing employment increased in provinces that were more...

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Digital Technology Adoption and Jobs : A Model of Firm Heterogeneity

Brambilla, Irene - 2018

that more productive firms are larger, are more skill intensive, and pay higher wages across skill categories. The model …

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