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作者：Blanchard, Pablo; Burdin, Gabriel; Dean, Andres
作者单位：Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay; University of Siena
摘要：Direct evidence on variations in work incentives across different property rights systems remains scarce. This paper examines absenteeism among individuals employed in worker cooperatives-firms that are ultimately controlled by their workforce. By leveraging employment data matched with sick leave records and reform-induced variation in the generosity of Uruguay's statutory sick pay, we find that absenteeism differentially increased for individuals affected by the policy change and employed in...
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作者：Gehrke, Esther; Genthner, Robert; Kis-Katos, Krisztina
作者单位：Wageningen University & Research; University of Gottingen
摘要：We analyze the effect of rising protectionism towards foreign direct investment (FDI) on domestic employment, exploiting revisions in Indonesia's highly granular negative investment list and spatial variation in the initial location of affected firms. The increase in FDI restrictions led to local employment gains, accounting for about one-tenth of the aggregate employment growth observed in Indonesia between 2006 and 2016. These gains were accompanied by a reorganization of the local productio...
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作者：Berlinski, Samuel; Gagete-Miranda, Jessica
作者单位：Inter-American Development Bank; IZA Institute Labor Economics; Fondazione Bruno Kessler; FBK-IRVAPP - Research Institute for the Evaluation of Public Policies
摘要：This study examines labor law enforcement spillovers in Brazil, focusing on disability quota enforcement for formal firms. New inspection procedures increased compliance through heightened inspections and fines, boosting disability hiring. The largest increase is observed among individuals with mobility impairments, followed by those with visual and cognitive impairments. Most new hires came from outside the formal labor market, while some were poached from other firms. Additionally, job tenur...
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作者：Dinarte-Diaz, Lelys
作者单位：The World Bank; IZA Institute Labor Economics; Leibniz Association; Ifo Institut
摘要：Globally, 150 million adolescents report experiencing or engaging in peer-to-peer violence in and around schools. After-school programs (ASPs) have emerged as a strategy to mitigate this risk, but how does the peer group composition, based on the risk of violence, influence an ASP's effectiveness? To address this question, I conducted a randomized experiment in El Salvador, assigning youths to a control group, homogeneous peer groups, or heterogeneous peer groups within an ASP. I find that the...
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作者：Tafese, Tevin; Lay, Jann; Tran, Van
作者单位：German Institute of Global & Area Studies; University of Gottingen; Ho Chi Minh University of Banking (HUB)
摘要：Vietnam's deep integration into GVCs has been driven by the establishment of special economic zones (SEZs). This paper examines the local labour market impacts of this SEZ programme. We trace the built-up area of SEZs over time to construct a novel continuous measure of SEZ exposure using historical satellite imagery. In a difference-in-differences design with continuous treatment, we examine the impact of SEZ exposure on local labour market outcomes at the district-level for the period 2009-2...
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作者：Markhof, Yannick; Wollburg, Philip; Zezza, Alberto
作者单位：Maastricht University; Maastricht University; The World Bank
摘要：Using phone surveys and administrative data in 36 LMICs, we find survey-based COVID-19 vaccine coverage to systematically exceed administrative figures by 47% on average. This discrepancy is strongest in Sub-Saharan Africa, raising questions about the role of data quality for our understanding of vaccination progress. We isolate the effect of sampling and measurement errors on the estimated vaccination rate in six survey experiments conducted in five Sub-Saharan African countries. Accounting f...
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作者：Echevin, Damien; Fotso, Guy; Bouroubi, Yacine; Coulombe, Harold; Li, Qing
作者单位：University of Sherbrooke; University of Sherbrooke; Xinjiang University
摘要：This paper presents a methodology for predicting poverty using semi-supervised learning techniques, specifically pseudo-labeling, and deep learning algorithms. Standard poverty prediction models rely on limited household survey data, whereas our approach exploits large amounts of unlabeled census data to improve prediction accuracy. By applying pseudo-labeling, we improve key performance metrics across various African regions, where our models outperform conventional approaches to identifying ...
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作者：Corbi, Raphael; Ferraz, Tiago; Narita, Renata
作者单位：Universidade de Sao Paulo; Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro
摘要：In this paper, we argue that adjustments in non-wage compensation are empirically relevant and have important implications for understanding the effects of labor supply shocks. We examine the labor market impacts of internal migration in Brazil through a shift-share approach, which combines weather-induced migration with historical settlement patterns at each destination. Our findings indicate that increasing migration inflows lead to a reduction in formal employment while simultaneously incre...
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作者：Jovanovic, Nina; Ricker-Gilbert, Jacob
作者单位：Purdue University System; Purdue University
摘要：Farmers' adoption of improved crop varieties could increase yields in low-income countries. However, the presence of measurement error in household surveys poses a challenge to estimating true returns. Using the 2018/19 Ethiopia Socio-economic Survey, we analyze the impacts of how three sources of measurement error: misperceptions of seed varieties, land area, and quantities harvested affect maize yields and input use. These data include DNA-fingerprinting of seed, GPS plot size information, a...
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作者：Ebrahim, Amina; Pirttila, Jukka
作者单位：University of Helsinki; VATT Institute for Economic Research
摘要：This paper uses survey and tax administrative data to analyse the effects of a sizeable employer-borne payroll tax credit for young, low-wage workers in South Africa. We find fairly limited impacts of the wage subsidy on the employment of young, low-wage workers relative to two comparison groups: slightly older, low-wage workers and slightly higher-paid, young workers. We find evidence of increases in low-wage youth entry into employment, but these are too small to affect overall employment. H...
