Foreign and Domestic Firms: Long Run Employment Effects of Export Opportunities by Brian McCaig, Nina Pavcnik, and Woan Foong Wong explores how a low-income country responds to new export opportunities over time. The study examines the impact of the U.S.–Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement, which reduced U.S. import tariffs on Vietnamese exports. Find the paper for download here.
Together in Search: Experimental Evidence from Coordinating Travel Among Women Job-Seekers in Urban India by Rolly Kapoor and Smit Gade examines how addressing mobility constraints can enhance women’s job search efforts. Find the paper for download here.
Cash Transfers and Business Survival During COVID: Evidence from Uganda by Kjetil Bjorvatn, Selim Gulesci, Arne Nasgowtiz, Denise Ferris, Vincent Somville, and Lore Vandewalle studies the impact of cash transfers on vulnerable households during the pandemic, leveraging differences in the timing of the intervention. Find the paper for download here.
The Barriers to Female Employment: Experimental Evidence from Egypt by Stefano Caria, Caroline Krafft, Bruno Crepon, and Abdelrahman Nagy examines whether job-matching services and childcare subsidies can increase female employment in Egypt, where social norms often discourage women from working. Find the paper for download here.
Labour Market Segmentation: Labour Regulations and Rent-Sharing in the Formal and Informal Manufacturing Sector in Zimbabwe by Lawrence Edwards and Godfrey Kamutando analyzes labor market segmentation in Zimbabwe’s manufacturing sector using a matched employer-employee dataset (2015–2016). Find the paper for download here.