Documents et rapports

Are There Jobs for Everyone ? An Analysis of the Relationship between the Employment of Older and Younger Persons in Indonesia (anglais)

Against the backdrop of aging, Indonesia has started to address important policy challenges, including by gradually raising the retirement age. However, the increase in the retirement age and the prospect...

Labor Market Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic in the West Bank and Gaza (anglais)

This paper studies the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on men’s labor market outcomes in the West Bank and Gaza, examining adjustments at the extensive (participation) and intensive (hours of work) margins...

A Gender Employment Gap Index (GEGI) : A Simple Measure of the Economic Gains from Closing Gender Employment Gaps, with an Application to the Pacific Islands (anglais)

Despite a policy consensus that closing gender employment gaps will boost economic growth, relatively little is known about the size of these gains in many developing countries. This paper develops a new...

National Employment Service - Assessment and Recommendations for an Action Plan (anglais)

This report provides an overview of the tasks and responsibilities of the National Employment Service (NES) in Serbia with a focus on: (i) the monitoring and evaluation system of active labour market programmes...

Malawi - COVID-19 High Frequency Phone Survey (anglais)

High Frequency Phone Surveys (HFS) reveal that COVID-19 awareness was widespread in Malawi but safe practices declined over time. Households experienced reductions in income, food insecurity, and lower...

Somalia - COVID-19 High Frequency Phone Survey Second Wave Brief (anglais)

In January 2021, the second wave of the Somalia high frequency phone survey has been administered, calling 2,811 households to see the impact of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on people’s behavior...

Harnessing the Power of Two Umbrella Programs : The Umbrella Facility for Gender Equality (UFGE) and the Jobs Umbrella Multi-Donor Trust Fund (MDTF) for Women’s Economic Empowerment (anglais)

Among unemployed youth in South Africa, approximately 50 percent have not completed secondary education and have limited or no work experience. In this context, reliable signals of worker qualifications...

Does Elderly Employment Reduce Job Opportunities for Youth? (anglais)

The aging of populations around the world and the associated fall in the working age population are expected to adversely affect countries’ GDP growth in coming decades. These demographic shifts will also...

Labor Market Effects of Short-Cycle Higher Education Programs : Lessons from Colombia (anglais)

COVID-19 and Inequality : How Unequal Was the Recovery from the Initial Shock? (anglais)

The restrictions on mobility and economic activity that were put in place to mitigate the health impacts of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic have had an unequal impact both across and within countries...

Monitoring COVID-19 Impacts on Households in Uganda (Vol. 1 of 2) : Findings from the Fourth and Fifth Rounds of the High-Frequency Phone Survey (anglais)

In June 2020, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics, with the support from the World Bank, has launched the High-Frequency Phone Survey on COVID-19 (coronavirus) to track the impacts of the pandemic on a monthly...

Ethiopia - COVID-19 High Frequency Phone Survey Brief (anglais)

High Frequency Phone Surveys (HFS) reveal that Covid-19 awareness was widespread in Ethiopia at the start of the outbreak and prevention measures have been taken over time. People lost jobs at the onset...

Monitoring COVID-19 Impact on Refugees in Ethiopia : Results from a High-Frequency Phone Survey of Refugees (Vol. 1 of 3) (anglais)

The World Bank Group, the Ethiopia Agency for Refugee and Returnee Affairs (ARRA), the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and the World Bank-UNHCR Joint Data Center on Forced Displacement...

Disclosable Version of the ISR - Employment Support Project - P171250 - Sequence No : 02 (anglais)

Disclosable Version of the ISR - Punjab Skills Development - P130193 - Sequence No : 11 (anglais)

Monitoring COVID-19 Impacts on Households in Ethiopia : Results from a High-Frequency Phone Survey of Households - Round 4 (Vol. 1 of 3) (anglais)

The Ethiopian high-frequency phone survey of households (HFPS-HH) allows for a better understanding of the effects of COVID-19 on households and provides data in almost real time to support new responses...

The Utilization-adjusted Human Capital Index (UHCI) (anglais)

The World Bank Human Capital Index (HCI) is based on the productivity gains of future workers from human capital accumulation. But in many developing countries, a sizeable fraction of people are not employed...

Disclosable Restructuring Paper - Nai Manzil - Education and Skills Training for Minorities - P156363 (anglais)

Monitoring COVID-19 Impacts on Households in Ethiopia (Vol. 1 of 3) : Results from a High-Frequency Phone Survey of Households (anglais)

The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and its economic and social effects on households have created an urgent need for timely data to help monitor and mitigate the social and economic impacts of the crisis...

Job Search and Hiring with Two-Sided Limited Information about Workseekers~^!!^ Skills : Job Search and Hiring with Two-Sided Limited Information about Workseekers' Skills (anglais)

This paper presents field experimental evidence that limited information about workseekers~^!!^ skills distorts both firm and workseeker behavior. Assessing workseekers~^!!^ skills, giving workseekers...