Working Paper

Empirical studies in developing countries tend to find higher levels of socioeconomic persistence across generations compared with those of high-income economies. However, there have been relatively few advances in the identification of the drivers...

• Intergenerational Mobility
• Global south
• Market exclusion

Policy Brief

Most workers in developing countries work in the informal labour market Lower-tier informal work leads to a dead end in the countries in this study, with little opportunity to move up the job ladder While those in upper-tier informal work are the...

• Informal work
• Work status
• Global south

Book Chapter

Part of Book Social mobility in developing countries

• Intergenerational Mobility
• Global south
• Market exclusion

Journal Special Issue

This special issue presents an analysis of the recent evolution of social assistance in the developing world, looking at its complex typological configuration. It partly reflects the complex demographic and epidemiological transitions and rapid...

• Welfare
• Redistribution
• Global south

Book

• Global south
• Mobility
• Inequality

Book

Using a range of countries from the Global South, this book examines heterogeneity within informal work by applying a common conceptual framework and empirical methodology. The country studies use panel data to study the dynamics of worker...

• Informal work
• Work status
• Global south