Employment Analysis and Research (EMP/ANALYSIS) resources
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The Labour Markets of Emerging Economies: Has growth translated into more and better jobs?
15 May 2013
This volume focuses on the labour market situation, trends and regulations in emerging economies, devoting attention to how they have dealt with both short-term issues, namely the global financial crisis, and longer-term structural challenges − as well as the gaps that still remain.
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Perspectives on Labour Economics for Development
01 March 2013
Perspectives on Labour Economics for Development seeks to provide a comprehensive, but non-technical, coverage of labour market issues in a developing country context to help policy-makers and other readers improve their capacity to understand these topics and develop appropriate and effective policy responses. This book is an invaluable reference for policy-makers in middle- and low-income countries as well as an ideal handbook for teachers and students of economics and development.
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Addressing the employment challenge: India's MGNREGA
08 March 2012
This paper examines, in particular, the effects of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) programme on employment, wages and incomes of the rural poor. It also considers its effect on overall growth of the economy.
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Diverging trends in unemployment in the United States and Europe: Evidence from Okun's law and the global financial crisis
21 December 2011
This paper presents estimates of Okun’s coefficients for a number of developed countries, and shows that there is considerable variation across countries, which captures the heterogeneity in the responsiveness of unemployment to the global financial crisis. The paper also looks at the relationship between these coefficients and labour market institutions.
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Employment trends in Indonesia over 1996-2009: Casualization of the labour market during an era of crises, reforms and recovery
27 October 2011
Employment Working Paper No. 99
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What has really happened to poverty and inequality during the growth process in developing countries?
27 September 2011
Employment Working Paper No. 96
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On the income dimension of employment in developing countries
04 February 2011
Employment Working Paper No. 72
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What role for labour market policies and institutions in development? Enhancing security in developing countries and emerging economies
17 December 2010
Employment Working Paper No. 67
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Unravelling the impact of the global financial crisis on the South African labour market
17 February 2010
Employment Working Paper No. 48