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The evolution and determination of earnings inequality in post-apartheid South AfricaIn this paper we identify some of the drivers of changes in the distribution of earnings and earnings inequality in the South African labour market between 2000 and 2014...
RIF Wages Income inequalityWorking Paper
Does union membership pay off?: Evidence from Vietnamese SMEsIn the absence of adequate institutional mechanisms, trade unions can potentially promote higher wages and other worker benefits, yet limited data availability means little is known about the effect unions have on individual earnings in developing ec...
Labor unions Wages Small and medium enterprisesJournal Article
On the Short- and Medium-Term Effects of Formalisation: Panel Evidence from VietnamThis paper analyses the consequences of formalisation on the performance of informal firms, using a panel dataset from Vietnam...
Factor proportions Informal sector (Economics) WagesJournal Article
The Happy Farmer: Self-Employment and Subjective Well-Being in Rural VietnamUsing a unique survey data set this paper documents a positive effect of self-employment in farming on subjective well-being. This direct effect is only partly offset by negative, indirect effects working through income and other variables...
Agriculture Job satisfaction Quality of lifeWorking Paper
The effects of minimum wage hikes on employment and wages in Viet Nam’s micro, small, and medium enterprisesVery little is known about the extent to which wage and employment offsetting behaviours change by firm size to mitigate the detrimental effects of minimum wage regulation...
Minimum wage Employment WagesJournal Article
Structural Transformation, Biased Technological Change and Employment in VietnamEmployment in Vietnam and elsewhere in Asia has grown more slowly than GDP over the last several decades. This means GDP per capita is rising...
Economic development Economic growth LaborWorking Paper
Firm-level determinants of earnings in the formal sector of the South African labour marketLabour market analysis in the South African context provides a relatively robust understanding of the individual characteristics that influence wage differentials across workers (i.e...
Administrative data Tax Firm level analysisWorking 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 demandWorking Paper
Gender matters: Private sector training in Vietnamese SMEsIn many developing countries the skill base is a cause of concern with respect to international competition. Firm-provided training is generally seen as an important tool for bridging the skills gap between labour force and private sector demand...
Training Wages SMEWorking 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 demandWorking Paper
Affirmative action policies and the evolution of post-apartheid South Africa’s racial wage gapRacial wage inequality and discrimination have pervaded South African society for centuries. Apartheid legislation cemented these disparities by institutionalizing white job reservation and many other unfair practices...
Discrimination in employment Equality and inequality LaborBlog
From the Editor's Desk (September-October 2015)
UNU-WIDER had a busy September. We celebrated our 30 th birthday with some 600 people at our three-day conference on ‘Mapping the Future of Development Economics’ here in Helsinki. It was a great occasion...
Agriculture Business enterprises Capital investmentsBlog
Economic Lessons from Recent Research for Achieving SDG8 This article is part of UNU’s “ 17 Days, 17 Goals ” series, featuring research and commentary in support of the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit, 25-27 September 2015 in New York City...
Business enterprises Capital investments Economic assistance and foreign aidBlog
Malawi's Farm Subsidy Benefits the Poor but Doesn't Come CheapMalawi’s farm input subsidy benefits the poor and can be part of a viable national development strategy. Agriculture is Malawi’s main economic sector...
Agriculture Equilibrium (Economics) Expenditures, PublicBlog
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...
Automobile industry and trade Carbon tax Economic integrationWorking Paper
Structural transformation, biased technological change, and employment in VietnamEmployment in Vietnam and elsewhere in Asia has grown more slowly than GDP over the last several decades. This means GDP per capita is rising...
Economic development Economic growth Labor