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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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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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On-the-Job Training : Returns, Barriers to Provision, and Policy Implications

Saraf, Priyam - 2017

Firms that provide on-the-job training do so when it is critical to their productivity -- and when productivity is critical to their survival. This paper begins by confirming a significant and positive return from on-the-job training on wages and productivity, as well as the presence of positive...

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

Packard, Truman G. - 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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Exporters, Engineers, and Blue-Collar Workers

Brambilla, Irene - 2017

This paper investigates differences in the composition of employment between exporting and non-exporting firms. In particular, it asks whether exporting firms hire more engineers relative to blue-collar workers than non-exporting firms. In a stylized partial-equilibrium model, firms produce...

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Skill Use, Skill Deficits, and Firm Performance in Formal Sector Enterprises : Evidence from the Tanzania Enterprise Skills Survey, 2015

Tan, Hong - 2017

skill shortages, and constraining the operations and growth of formal sector firms in the country. This study addressed …, training, and occupational mix of their workforce, the skill gaps in cognitive, noncognitive, and job-specific competencies … affecting their operations, and the strategies they are using to overcome these skill gaps. The study investigates the …

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Jobs in the City : Explaining Urban Spatial Structure in Kampala

Goswami, Arti Grover - 2017

This paper examines the spatial organization of jobs in Kampala, the capital city of Uganda, and applies the Lucas and Rossi-Hansberg (2002) model to explain the observed patterns in terms of the agglomeration forces and the commuting costs of workers. The paper suggests that: (i) Economic...

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Smes, Age, and Jobs : A Review of the Literature, Metrics, and Evidence

Aga, Gemechu - 2017

The subject of which firms are the key employers?and which of these create or destroy jobs at a faster rate?is eminently important for academics and policy makers. The relative importance of small versus large firms and old versus young firms has in particular been extensively debated and...

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Trade Reform and Regional Dynamics : Evidence from 25 Years of Brazilian Matched Employer-Employee Data

Dix-Carneiro, Rafael - 2017

This paper empirically studies the dynamics of labor market adjustment following the Brazilian trade reform of the 1990s. The paper uses variation in industry-speci?c tari? cuts interacted with initial regional industry mix to measure trade-induced local labor demand shocks and examines regional...

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Intentions to Return : Evidence from Romanian Migrants

Hinks, Tim - 2017

skill stock of the Romanian labor force …

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