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Cultivate or Rent Out? Land Security in Rural Thailand

Giné, Xavier - 2005

In the 1980's the Thai government tried to legalize squatters by issuing special titles that restricted the sale and rental of the land. Using data from 2,874 farming households collected in 1997, the author finds that in places where these government titles where issued, leased plots are more...

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Rural-Urban Migration in Developing Countries : A Survey of Theoretical Predictions and Empirical Findings

Lall, Somik V.; Selod, Harris; Shalizi, Zmarak - 2014

The migration of labor from rural to urban areas is an important part of the urbanization process in developing … found clear answers yet. To what extent is internal migration a desirable phenomenon and under what circumstances? Should … assessment of the literature is that migration can be beneficial or at least be turned into a beneficial phenomenon so that in …

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Does Gender Equality in Labor Participation Bring Real Equality? Evidence From Developed and Developing Countries

Alfani, Federica; Clementi, Fabio; Fabiani, Michele; … - 2021

Over the past two decades developing countries have seen a rapid increase in the number of women taking an active role in the labor market. While acknowledging that this is an important development outcome, this paper cautions against the possible undesired distributional effects that it can...

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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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Hit and Run? Income Shocks and School Dropouts in Latin America

Cerutti, Paula Maria - 2019

How do labor income shocks affect household investment in upper secondary and tertiary schooling? Using longitudinal data from 2005-15 for Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico, this paper explores the effect of a negative household income shock on the enrollment status of youth ages 15 to 25. The...

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Can You Work it? Evidence on the Productive Potential of Public Works from a Youth Employment Program in Sierra Leone

Rosas, Nina - 2017

This paper examines the short-term impacts of a labor-intensive public works program on household welfare and economic prospects. Using a community-level randomized control trial approach, the paper finds that the public works program targeted at youth in Sierra Leone successfully provided...

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Dynamic Relationship between Corruption and Youth Unemployment : Empirical Evidences from a System GMM Approach

Bouzid, Bechir Naier - 2017

This paper addresses the causal relationship between corruption and youth unemployment from two different perspectives. The discussion starts by asking how the corruption practices within government institutions that encourage the payment of bribes to access the job opportunities contribute to...

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Youth Out of School and Out of Work in Latin America : A Cohort Approach

Székely, Miguel - 2017

This paper examines the phenomena of high rates of youth that are out of school and out of work in Latin America. The analysis pursues a dynamic approach by constructing a pseudo-panel from 234 household surveys for 18 countries in the region that allow tracing the life cycle trajectories of...

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Dropout in Upper Secondary Education in Mexico : Patterns, Consequences and Possible Causes

Kattan, Raja Bentaouet - 2017

This study examines the causes and effects of low enrollment and high dropout rates at the upper secondary level in Mexico, where upper secondary completion rates are well below those of other Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries and the regional average. Through a...

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Testing the Importance of Search Frictions, Matching, and Reservation Prestige Through Randomized Experiments in Jordan

Groh, Matthew - 2017

Unemployment rates for tertiary-educated youth in Jordan are high, as is the duration of unemployment. Two randomized experiments in Jordan were used to test different theories that may explain this phenomenon. The first experiment tested the role of search and matching frictions by providing...

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