We study the effect of exposure to a refugee worker on firms' hiring of refugees. We conduct
a randomized controlled trial randomly matching local firms with refugee workers. The …

We study how job-seekers share information about jobs within their social network, and its
implications for firms. We randomly increase the amount of competition for a job and find that …

Understanding specific barriers to job search and returns to relaxing these barriers is
important for economists and policymakers. An experiment that changes the default process …

Young people today have more years of education than their parents, with globalization and
urbanization driving new migration and employment opportunities. But while inequality …

Using a nationally representative large-scale survey of individual ICT skills in India (Multiple
Indicators Survey, 2020), we provide evidence on the effects of ICT skills on labor market …

The labour market dynamics, women's empowerment, unemployment rates, and foreign
policy influence Pakistan's socioeconomic circumstances. Understanding the complex …

In rapidly urbanizing countries, many urban inhabitants work in the informal sector. Should
policy makers try to shrink it? To answer this question, I develop a general-equilibrium …

No country can afford to ignore the presence of inequality and, in particular, the presence of
structural inequality that precludes progress toward poverty reduction. This report outlines a …

Incomes in the Africa region are highly unequal because people face an unlevel playing
field in using their productive capacities. This unlevel playing field creates structural sources …

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