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The Future of Work

The world’s poorest people lack access to modern reliable energy and this is correlated with the inability to engage in modern, productive labour market activities. The world poorest are also more affected by the externalities from growth, which include pollution, poor sanitation, environmental degradation and global warming. With a changing climate subsistence agricultural is likely to become a less productive and more risky means of livelihood, accelerating the growth of cities. Research under this theme will assess whether and how these changes affect labour market outcomes for both genders and the difference between the two.

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Seasonal Migration to Alleviate Seasonal Poverty: A Randomized Social Experiment in Myanmar

Much of the world is heavily dependent on rain-fed agriculture. As a result, the rural economy is highly seasonal. In some areas during the lean season, work opportunities become scant, wages decline, and food prices rise, leading to seasonal deprivation. Seasonal labor migration is one of the coping strategies households use to smooth against this…

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Project

Can Temporary Financial Incentives for Female Industrial Workers Lead to Long-Term Retention and a Better Allocation of Talent?

In this project, the research team study whether worker turnover contributes to the misallocation of talent in low-income countries. To this end, they will experimentally evaluate the impacts of offering financial incentives for worker retention in the context of a female-dominated occupation in the nascent garment manufacturing industry in Ethiopia. Our main hypothesis is that…

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