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Labour Markets in Low-Income Countries

There is a clear need to improve our understanding of labour markets in LICs. The projects within this thematic area focus on the development of conceptual frameworks for analysis of labour markets that account for the particular institutional settings of LICs, the large informal sector and importance of micro-enterprises, etc. Moreover, this thematic area aims at improving our understanding of the relation between labour market changes, worker reallocation (structural change), trade, and aggregate productivity growth.

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Overcoming Constraints to Female Labor Force Entry

We propose a randomised controlled trial to test the impact of two low-cost interventions to overcome psychological and information constraints to female labor force participation (FLFP). Our research questions are, does (i) motivating female students and (ii) providing information about the job market, promote female labor force entry, as measured by their likelihood of applying…

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Entrepreneurship Education and Teacher Training in Rwanda

Youth account for 60% of Africa’s unemployed. In Rwanda, 72% of employed youth work for family firms or are self-employed (African Economic Outlook 2016). These outcomes suggest that schools are failing to develop the skills required to enter formal sector jobs or launch and grow small firms. In response, Rwanda is one of ten African…

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Urban Density and Labour Markets

Many of the world‘s poorest people live and work in dense informal settlements in Africa’s growing megacities.  These communities have both positives and negatives.  On one side, settlements, often located in central areas, provide workers with access to geographically proximate jobs, dense informational and social networks, and a large demand base for entrepreneurial ventures.  Density…

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Impacts of Microfranchising on Young Women’s Occupational Choices

Youth underemployment is a major challenge facing developing nations, particularly in Africa (Filmer and Fox 2014). Young people are more likely to be unemployed than older adults (Kluve et al. 2016). In low-income countries, unemployment figures also typically underestimate the proportion of youths who cannot find productive jobs (Fares et al. 2006). After leaving school,…

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A Labour Markets Research Agenda through a Job Search Platform

Labour markets in low-income countries experience many frictions that impair efficient firm-worker matching (Behrman, 1999). Information frictions can hinder firms’ attempts to observe workers’ skills and productivity (Abel et al., 2016; Bassi & Nansamba, 2017; Carranza et al., 2017), spatial frictions can separate firms and workers (Franklin, 2017), regulatory frictions can deter firms from hiring…

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Advancing Data Capacity for Policy Innovation in Sudan

The objective of the Sudan Labor Market Panel Survey (SLMPS) 2019 is to facilitate better understandings of labor market dynamics and outcomes in Sudan. Our goal with the SLMPS 2019 is to collect high-quality and reliable data sufficient for indepth, multi-dimensional analyses of economic and labor market issues in Sudan. The need for high quality…

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Social Insurance and Labour Market Outcomes in Ethiopia

This project aimed at evaluating the labour market implications of a major social insurance reform program in Ethiopia introduced in June 2011. Employment based and mandatory pension schemes for workers in the formal private sector of Ethiopia were introduced by this reform. Given the high urban unemployment rate in Ethiopia, which at the time of…

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Matched Employee-Employer Panel-Data for Labour Market Analysis in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe is a low-income economy emerging from years of economic crisis. The crisis had a profound impact on production, employment and human development. The policy challenges to growth and recovery are severe and will require rigorous economic analysis drawing on a detailed understanding of the field and relevant data of a high quality. This project…

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The Urban Geography of Entrepreneurship and Growth in India

Rapid urbanisation is a major phenomenon in many developing countries. Cities are the engines of economic development; however, little is known about what determines the success of cities in developing countries, nor about the factors that shape the characteristics of rapid urbanisation. The historical literature on urban economics is rooted in the rise of the…

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Wage Compression in Low Income Labour Markets

Do relative pay comparisons matter for worker behaviour? A long tradition in economic thought – as well as in psychology, sociology, and human resource management – has advanced the notion that individuals care about not only their own pay but also their pay relative to that of their co-workers. When subjected to unequal pay, workers…

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