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The rise in women’s labour force participation in Mexico: Supply vs demand factorsWe estimate the relative importance of alternative labour supply and demand mechanisms in explaining the rise of female labour force participation over the last 55 years in Mexico...
Female labour force participation Mexico EducationWorking Paper
Labour demand and the distribution of wages in South African manufacturing exportersThis paper contributes to the understanding of the linkages between exporting, labour demand, and wages in South Africa...
Exporters Firm-level analysis Labour demandJournal Article
Labor-use efficiency in Tunisian manufacturing industriesThis paper investigates the process of adjustment in employment. A dynamic model is applied to a panel of six Tunisian manufacturing industries observed over a period of 25 years, from 1971 to 1996...
Commercial policy Labour demand Manufacturing industriesBook Chapter
South Africa: Demographic, employment, and wage trendsFrom the book: Africa's Lions
Economic growth Labour demand Labour marketWorking Paper
Links between foreign direct investment and human capital formation: Evidence from the manufacturing sector in IndiaThis paper is related to the literature on the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on the labour market of host countries...
Foreign Direct Investment Human capital Labour demandResearch Brief
Demographic, employment, and wage trends in South AfricaWhile South Africa’s democratic transition precipitated a period of growth, this growth was not inclusive and both poverty and inequality remain high A significant trend in the South African labour market has been the rising share of workers in...
Economic growth Labour demand Labour marketWorking Paper
Demographic, employment, and wage trends in South AfricaThis paper looks to uncover the growth traps and opportunities for the South African economy, with a focus on underlying labour market dynamics. We explore the potential of South Africa’s demographic dividend...
Economic growth Labour demand Labour marketWorking Paper
The elasticity of substitution and labour-displacing technical change in post-apartheid South AfricaThis paper uses normalized constant elasticity of substitution production functions to estimate the elasticity of substitution and labour-augmenting technical change in South Africa over the period 1994-2012...
Labour demand Production functions (Economic theory)Blog
Regional Industrialization and Integration in Southern Africa - Reporting from TIPS Annual Forum
The white-painted cluster of traditional style buildings might suggest that this was a farm on the South African veldt...
Automotive industry Carbon tax Economic integrationBlog
UNU-WIDER Inequality Conference 2014: Country Comparisons and Conceptual Approaches 18 December 2014 Roger Williamson In an earlier article I reviewed a number of the high-profile contributions to the September 2014 conference on inequality . It is now time to dig deeper into the material presented at the event...
Comparative economics Economic growth Government policy (Poor)Blog
WIDER Annual Lecture 18: Managing Structural Transformation 18 December 2014 Roger Williamson At the UN headquarters in New York on 18 November 2014, Peter Timmer, emeritus professor from Harvard, showed how the three transformations (structural, agricultural, and dietary) relate to development...
Agriculture Climate change Structural adjustment (Economic policy)Working Paper
The Impact of Conditional Cash Transfer Programmes on Household Work Decisions in GhanaA cash transfer programme ‘Livelihood Empowerment against Poverty’ has been implemented with the aim of addressing poverty and vulnerability in Ghana...
Econometric models (Economic development) Labour demand Labour supplyBlog
Illegal Fishing by Small-Scale Fishers in Ghana: Findings and Policy Suggestions
27 May 2014 Wisdom Akpalu The number of fishers and fishing vessels in the capture fishery sector, especially the artisanal marine fishery sub-sector, in Ghana has grown significantly over the past two decades leading to declining catches per trip...
Agriculture Ecology Environmental lawPresentation
Structural transformation, biased technical change and labor demand in VietnamThe 2 nd Asian Development Review Conference was organized in Manila 1-2 August 2013 by the ADB, the Asian Development Review (ADR) and the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI). The Director of UNU-WIDER, Finn Tarp, presented a paper on...
Journal Article
Trade Liberalization and the Self-Employed in MexicoPart of Journal Special Issue Globalization, Poverty, and Inequality in Latin America
Equality and inequality Labour demand PovertyJournal Article
International Trade and Manufacturing Employment: Is India following the Footsteps of Asia or Africa?Part of Journal Special Issue FDI, Employment, and Growth in China and India
Failed states International trade Labour demand