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Is technical and vocational education and training a solution for youth unemployment?: The dynamics of school-to-work transition of TVET graduates in MozambiqueTechnical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) is often seen as a silver bullet resolving issues ranging from youth unemployment to labour market-related structural change...
Mozambique Education policy EmploymentReport
Inquérito à transição ensino-emprego dos finalistas do ensino técnico-profissional em Moçambique: Relatório FinalEste relatório documenta as principais conclusões do Inquérito à Transiçãoo Ensino-Emprego dos Finalistas do Ensino Técnico-Profissional em Moçambique...
Mozambique Education policy EmploymentReport
Survey on the school-to-work transition of technical and vocational training graduates in Mozambique: Final reportThis report documents the main conclusions of the Survey on the School-to-Work Transition of Technical and Vocational Education and Training Graduates in Mozambique...
Mozambique Education policy EmploymentPolicy Brief
The economic gains of reducing the employment gender gap in MoroccoMiddle East and North Africa (MENA) countries, including Morocco, currently record the lowest rates of female labour force participation (FLFP) in the world...
Female labour force participation Gender gap EmploymentWorking Paper
Firm and product survival analysis: Evidence from South African tax administrative and products dataEnterprise development, especially expansion into export markets, is essential to create employment and unlock growth potential in many economies, including in sub-Saharan Africa...
Enterprises Survival analysis Firm performancePresentation
Eva-Maria Egger to present evidence on reducing employment gender gaps in low- and middle-income countriesEva-Maria Egger will present evidence on reducing employment gender gaps in low- and middle-income countries at a virtual brown-bag seminar hosted by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Malawi on Wednesday 19 May 2021. The...
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Report on the impact of COVID-19 to Ghana’s labour market hits headlinesA new report from the Transforming informal work and livelihoods project has caught the attention of policy makers and media in Ghana. Researchers from UNU-WIDER and the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), University of...
COVID-19 Informal sector GhanaWorking Paper
Inequality and structural transformation in the changing nature of work: The case of IndonesiaThis paper analyses the labour market dynamics in Indonesia from 2001 to 2015 and explores the role of the changing nature of occupational employment in explaining the rising earnings inequality during the same period...
Labour market dynamics Inequality OccupationsWorking Paper
The economic gains of closing the employment gender gap: Evidence from MoroccoThe present paper sheds new light on the growth implications of gender inequalities in the Moroccan labour market. We confront two different approaches...
Morocco Female labour force participation Gender gapWorking Paper
Firms’ resilience to financial constraints: The role of trade creditWe study the role of trade credit in enhancing the resilience of financially constrained firms from 2010 to 2017...
Financial constraints trade credit EmploymentBlog
Adding insult to injury – the impacts of COVID-19 on urban youth in MozambiqueThe negative economic and social impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in Mozambique range from reduced social interaction to business closures, job losses, and increased poverty...
Education Youth EmploymentWorking Paper
The gendered crisis: livelihoods and mental well-being in India during COVID-19This paper studies the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the gendered dimensions of employment and mental health among urban informal-sector workers in India...
COVID-19 Informal sector EmploymentWorking Paper
Employment effects of joining global production networks: Does domestic value added matter?Is the emphasis placed in trade and industry policy-making in developing countries on the share of domestic value-added (‘value-added ratio’) in exports consistent with the objective of achieving economic development through an export-ori...
global production networks value added ExportsBlog
Ghana's lockdown hit vulnerable workers hard: What needs to happen next timeCoronavirus lockdowns brought the world to a standstill. Rules on hygiene and social distancing have reshaped daily life, schools and businesses had been closed, and gatherings banned...
COVID-19 Lockdown EmploymentReport
How COVID-19 is affecting workers and their livelihoods in urban Ghana: Results from the GSPS-COVID panel surveyThis survey is a collaborative project conducted by researchers of the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) and the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), University of Ghan...
COVID-19 Survey data EmploymentWorking Paper
Trade liberalization, employment, and gender in EthiopiaThis paper analyses the impact of trade liberalization on local labour markets in Ethiopia, with a focus on the gender dimension of employment...
Tariffs Employment Structural transformation