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Market-oriented reforms, such as liberalizing trade and encouraging foreign direct investment, can generate large efficiency gains for a country. However, there is also concern that lower-skilled workers are increasingly being replaced by technology and that more globalized markets are harming...
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This joint OECD-ILO report provides a comparative analysis of case studies focusing on improving skills use in the workplace across eight countries. The examples provide insights into the practical ways in which employers interact with government services and policies at the local level. They...
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tasks for detailed occupations in Vietnam. The Survey of Detailed Skills asks workers in Vietnam about their skills and … efforts to build skills in Vietnam. The Survey of Detailed Skills makes several contributions. Most existing efforts to … administering the survey, and inclusion of all occupations in Vietnam with regular updating would require ongoing investment …
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Gender-based wage discrimination is a highly researched area of labor economics. However, most studies on this topic have focused on schooling and paid limited attention to the mechanisms through which cognitive and noncognitive skills influence wages. This paper uses data from adults in seven...
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Using time-use data from a longitudinal survey (covering Ethiopia, India and Vietnam), the present study examines how …
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