This paper assesses some of the main strands of the theoretical literature on unemployment and employment and shows … that their interesting conclusions may not be transferable to low-income countries whose endowment and production … structures are profoundly different from that of high-income economies. It then tackles the knowledge deficit on employment …

unemployment and, given unemployment, are more likely in countries with better regulation. An efficient legal system that enforces … contracts expeditiously is particularly important for reducing unemployment. The results imply that while employment is largely … related to the business cycle, better regulation reduces the likelihood of high unemployment and facilitates a more rapid …

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

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 …

regulation on employment at the store level. We find that stricter labor regulation has a strong negative effect on employment …. Our estimates show that labor reforms are likely to increase employment by 22 percent of the current level for an average …

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

assess the extent to which the adoption of digital technology affects employment and the skill content of jobs at the local … to a reduction in employment in local labor markets. The decrease in employment is larger for routine tasks, thereby …

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 …