Documents et rapports

Migration, Growth, and Poverty Reduction in Rural China : Retrospect and Prospects (anglais)

Rural-to-urban migration in China has transformed the lives of millions of rural residents. This paper reviews empirical evidence on the impacts of migration on the welfare of individuals and households...

Responsibility Sharing and the Economic Participation of Refugees in Chad (anglais)

The Global Compact on Refugees recognizes the importance of responsibility sharing for hosting, protecting, and assisting refugees, while emphasizing the potential of economic participation to reduce the...

The Welfare Effects of Structural Change and Internal Migration in Tanzania (anglais)

Structural change has implications for various dimensions of development, including poverty reduction. However, the existing empirical literature on Sub-Saharan African economies, including Tanzania, has...

Why Do People Move across State Borders ? Evidence from Mexico (anglais)

This study uses the 2020 Census to explore the determinants of interstate migration in Mexico between 2015 and 2020 and the earnings gains from migration. The study analyzes both spatial characteristics...

Measuring Jobs Impacts : A Decision Framework and Available Methods (anglais)

Economists and policy analysts have devised a wide variety of techniques to determine the impacts of various interventions on labor market outcomes. However, determining which evaluation technique should...

Synthesis of the Impacts of Covid-19 on India’s Labor Market : Looking at People, Places and Policies (anglais)

This paper examines the impact of Covid-19 on a host of labor market outcomes in India, using a continuous household survey. Cross-sectional trends of headline indicators like unemployment and labor force...

A Deeper Dive into the Relationship between Economic Development and Migration (anglais)

This descriptive paper provides a nuanced perspective on the relationship between development and migration, extending the non-parametric analysis in Clemens (2020). A few stylized patterns of migration...

Balancing Workers' Protection and Labor Market Flexibility in China (anglais)

Across the world, governments use minimum wages, employment protection legislation, and other labor regulations that define the legal boundaries of employment to manage potential labor market imperfections...

Papua New Guinea - Enhancing Labor Mobility Project (anglais)

The development objective of Enhancing Labor Mobility Project is to strengthen government systems in Papua New Guinea that support workers and their households to benefit from overseas employment opportunities...

Impacts of Temporary Migration on Development in Origin Countries (anglais)

Temporary migration is widespread globally. While the literature has traditionally focused on the impacts of permanent migration on destination countries, evidence on the effects of temporary migration...

Patterns of Labor Market Adjustment to Trade Shocks with Imperfect Capital Mobility (anglais)

This paper explores how different investment frictions affect the patterns of responses of labor markets to tariff cuts. To investigate these patterns, this paper formulates a multi-sector dynamic model...

Cambodia’s Future Jobs : Linking to the Economy of Tomorrow (anglais)

This goal of this report is to identify cross-sectoral policy priorities that, when occurring simultaneously, will create more and better jobs in the context of global mega-trends.

Trade, Jobs, and Worker Welfare (anglais)

This paper examines the welfare effects of international trade on workers in a new dynamic general equilibrium discrete choice model of labor mobility, where the workers’ choice set of jobs is endogenous...

Vietnam’s Urbanization at a Crossroads : Embarking on an Efficient, Inclusive, and Resilient Pathway (Vol. 2 of 2) : Overview (vietnamien)

Since the launch of the Đổi Mới (economic renovation) reforms in 1986, Vietnam has successfully transformed its economy. Real GDP per capita growth has averaged 5.5 percent a year since 1990, with the...

Distributional Effects of International Trade : Misconceptions about Losses and Gains (anglais)

International trade increases efficiency but also redistributes income, thus creating winners and losers. To account for the total impact and calculate redistributive effects correctly and fully, the different...

How Could the Pacific Restore International Travel? (anglais)

With some COVID-19 vaccines now approved and starting to be rolled-out in several countries globally, Papua New Guinea (PNG) and the Pacific Island Countries (PICs) are considering how they can restore...

Ethiopia - Labor Mobility Diagnostic (anglais)

Ethiopia’s job creation commission (JCC) had a goal of facilitating 150,000 Ethiopians into good jobs abroad by the end of the Ethiopian fiscal year 2012. In response to the growing youth population seeking...

Concept Environmental and Social Review Summary (ESRS) - Enhancing Labor Mobility from Papua New Guinea (PNG) - P174594 (anglais)

Vietnam’s Urbanization at a Crossroads : Embarking on an Efficient, Inclusive, and Resilient Pathway (Vol. 1 of 2) : Main Report (anglais)

Since the launch of the Đổi Mới (economic renovation) reforms in 1986, Vietnam has successfully transformed its economy. Real GDP per capita growth has averaged 5.5 percent a year since 1990, with the...

Vietnam’s Urbanization at a Crossroads : Embarking on an Efficient, Inclusive, and Resilient Pathway (Vol. 2 of 2) : Overview (anglais)

Since the launch of the Đổi Mới (economic renovation) reforms in 1986, Vietnam has successfully transformed its economy. Real GDP per capita growth has averaged 5.5 percent a year since 1990, with the...