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 …

-hour basis. What look like large productivity gaps in national accounts data could really be employment gaps, calling into … question the prospective gains that laborers can achieve through structural transformation. These employment gaps, along with …

between informal employment and household poverty and life satisfaction, but it is not robust to changes in econometric … specification or sample composition. The authors conclude that the evidence indicates that informal employment in the Russian …

This paper studies employment patterns and trends in South Asia to shed light on determinants of extremely low female … employment rates in the region. After a comprehensive literature review, the authors use employment data from about one hundred … censuses and surveys from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka to compare employment trends …

Individual-level employment data have a wide range of applications. They are used to monitor labor markets and the … design issues behind the collection of individual-level employment data in nationally representative household surveys and … captured in the reviewed surveys. Third, it takes stock of current approaches to collect employment data and discusses critical …

it determines accessibility to employment subcenters and public transport stations. Using a geographically … are shown considering road accessibility to formal employment subcenters (private accessibility) and distance to the main … public transport stations in the city (public accessibility). The results suggest that accessibility to employment subcenters …

similar to that in other parts of the country. The pattern of low employment rates and comparable wages is consistent with a … combination of low demand for labor and greater reluctance to work in these regions, which each depress employment but have … formal finance, which may also contribute to a lack of self-employment opportunities …