This paper estimates the impact of the Golden Quadrilateral and North-South-East-West Highways in India on welfare …-in-difference method. The results suggest that the highways shifted employment from the farm to the nonfarm sector, and that this shift was …, the poverty rate, or the incidence of regular wage employment. The results suggest that the highways caused an increase in …

India has the world's biggest and arguably most aggressive employment-based affirmative action policy for minorities …. This paper exploits the institutional features of a federally mandated employment quota policy to examine its causal impact … that a 1-percentage point increase in the employment quota for Scheduled Castes increases the likelihood of obtaining a …

Employment is pivotal to strengthening Greece’s economic recovery, increasing social welfare and redressing poverty … that workers possess skills that match employers’ needs will sustain employment and productivity growth. Improving the …

reductions across industries associated with the BTA and differences in industry employment shares across Vietnamese provinces … adolescents (15 to 18) and young adults (19 to 29). The BTA also increased household expenditures, slightly decreased employment … among nonmigrant adults and increased employment among migrant adults. Among adolescents, enrolment increased among non …

The service sector is the largest and fastest growing sector in India and has the highest labor productivity, but … employment has not kept pace with the share of the sector in gross domestic product and has not produced the number or quality of … investment. While India is among the top 10 World Trade Organization members in service exports and imports, the growth and …