This paper analyzes the relationship between immigrants' retirement status and the prevalence of return migration from the host country to their country of origin. We develop a simple theoretical model to illustrate that under reasonable conditions the probability of return migration is...

A widely-held explanation for the gender pay gap is that women do not negotiate salary as much as men. Various government and community organizations have recently introduced training initiatives to help individuals improve negotiation skills during job search. Can we help candidates improve job...

תקציר בעברית: הדוח עוסק בשלושה נושאים מרכזיים: ראשית, הרפורמה בהעסקת עובדי בניין פלסטינים בישראל, שנכנסה לתוקף בסוף שנת 2020. שנית, השפעת מגיפת הקורונה על העובדים,...

Building on earlier work by IIED and CCSI, this report reflects on select COVID-related developments that may result in longer-term shifts relevant to land-based investments in Sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia. Our objectives are two-fold. In the short term, monitoring developments can...

Coffee, one of the world’s most popular beverages, provides livelihoods for at least 60 million people across dozens of countries. Promoting the long-term health, wellbeing, and environmental sustainability of the much beloved coffee sector should be a clear priority.CCSI has continued its...

New technologies and digital platforms have ushered in a rise of gig, freelance, contract, and other types of independent work. Although independent workers and the gig economy as a whole have received plenty of attention, little research has examined the heterogeneity of work characteristics...

Due to various externalities, a labour market never operates in perfect competition mode. One such externality is the inelasticity in wages introduced due to personal fulfilment and satisfaction that led to personal job preference. This meant that salary is not the sole determinant of one’s...

Mass lay-offs (MLs) is one of the ways for firms to adjust to economic challenges. This paper studies the incidence and factors associated with MLs, as well as the characteristics of affected workers in the U.S., using a micro database available from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and...

A number of important jurisdictions have recently enacted salary history bans to combat the gender pay gap. This paper models the effect of such bans by augmenting the standard asymmetric learning setting with efficiency wages, such that wages themselves are both necessary to motivate optimal...