compare their job prospects to those of their counterparts in other low-income regions. We show that employment rates are …

population. The barriers young people face stem both from skills deficiencies and from weak fundamentals that constrain job … creation more generally in the region. Employment interventions can mitigate some of these barriers. However, our stocktaking … not adequately reflect the reality that most young people work in agriculture, household enterprises, and self-employment …

consider the impact of these policies on the employment prospects of the young. …

We estimate the elasticity of private-sector employment to non-oil GDP in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) for GCC … nationals and expatriates using a Seemingly Unrelated Error Correction (SUREC) model. Our results indicate that the employment … indirect evidence of labor market adjustment costs, which could include hiring and firing rigidities, skills mismatches, and …

Population Survey from 2000 to 2016. Results indicate that through 2016, the ACA had little to no adverse effect on employment … part-time work is driven by increases in voluntary part-time employment. Involuntary part-time employment was lower than …