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