Labor markets in low- and middle income countries are characterized by high levels of informality. A multitude of … security contributions, and interventions that enforce labor or business formalization. In this paper, we compile a database of … intervention type is not a strong determinant for the effectiveness of formalization interventions, though tax incentives and labor …

monopsonistic characteristics in the labor markets. In this article, I estimate the effects of the minimum wage for the United … States under concentrated labor markets and low-mobility jobs (two variables that measure monopsony), identify heterogeneous ….05. The minimum wage has a positive insignificant effect between 0.04 and 0.29 under full monopsonistic labor markets. The …

economies) may not be effective in the current crisis and argues that they should instead be implemented alongside labor market … policies such as work sharing programs.The use of active labor market policies was critical during the global financial crisis … pursued since the Great Depression, by contrast the German economy, having implemented active labor market policies such as …

The paper was motivated to test whether the high child labor prevalence observed in Ethiopia is explained by the … children units (a total of 7212 children in four rounds). Major determinants of child labor: household characteristics, shocks … generalized least squares (FGLS) econometric technique to estimate the causal relationship between child labor; household …

is positively associated with income in the labor market. We label this the height premium through the market channel …

Health has a significant impact on labor market outcomes, and thus on criminal decisions. We document that health … economic mechanism behind these findings, we build an equilibrium search model of health, crime, and the labor market. We … perform public policy experiments in the model and study their impacts on crime and the labor market. We find that by …

The German Robert Koch Institute aims to "protect the population from disease and improve their state of health" (RKI … expert public. Since March 4, 2020, it has been publishing the numbers of coronavirus infections reported by health … accordance with epidemiologic theory. The correct calculated Rnumber could serve as reliable compass leading health policymakers …

The German Robert Koch Institute aims to "protect the population from disease and improve their state of health" (RKI … expert public. Since March 4, 2020, it has been publishing the numbers of coronavirus infections reported by health …