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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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Throughout the Middle East, unemployment rates of educated youth have been persistently high and female labor force … employability skills training designed to provide them with the soft skills employers say graduates often lack; a third group was … appears likely to largely reflect displacement effects. Soft-skills training has no average impact on employment, although …
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reducing poverty and stimulating growth. Going beyond the large literature documenting the impact of female education on a …
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Institutions are defined as the set of rules that govern human interactions. When these rules are discriminatory, they may disempower segments of a population in the economic spheres of activity. This study explores whether laws that discriminate against women influence their engagement in the...
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This paper estimates the impact of the Golden Quadrilateral and North-South-East-West Highways in India on welfare, social inclusion, and environmental quality. The analysis uses district-level data for 1994-2011 and the difference-in-difference method. The results suggest that the highways...
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. The scheme prompted a 10-point wage increase and higher labor supply to nonagricultural casual work and agricultural self …
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The youth unemployment rate is exceptionally high in developing countries. Because the quality of education is arguably … skills training and employment placement services for more than 40,000 Nepalese youth over a three-year period, including a … one of the most important determinants of youth's labor force participation, governments worldwide have responded by …
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Are ostensibly demand-driven public works programs with high levels of safeguards nonetheless susceptible to political influence? This conjecture is investigated using expenditure data at the local level from India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. Focusing on one state where...
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workers, but with groups such as youth, women, and the less skilled disproportionately outside the coverage and its benefits …
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programs for the unemployed. A detailed follow-up survey of a large sample with low attrition enables precise estimation of …
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