The Palestinian Authority’s (PA) spending on the public sector wage bill has increased significantly over the years, despite reform efforts, and is higher than wage spending in all comparator countries...
This paper studies the impact of a large payroll tax cut for older workers in Hungary. Motivated by the predictions of a standard equilibrium job search model, the paper examines the heterogeneous impact...
Formal sector entry-level jobs in Mexico offer low starting salaries but substantial wage growth. This paper experimentally tests whether a six-months wage incentive can increase formal employment among...
This paper estimates the effectiveness of government support to the private sector during the COVID-19 pandemic in El Salvador and Georgia using firm-level data collected before and during the pandemic...
This paper evaluates the impact of an employment subsidy scheme covering employers’ social contribution costs on registered employment in small firms in Turkey. It utilizes a rich, firm-level administrative...
Greece’s active labor market policy is undergoing reform to improve the effectiveness of Active Labor Market Programs (ALMPs) by strengthening their design, targeting and implementation. As per common...
Greece’s active labor market policy is undergoing reform focused on program design and the delivery mechanism. As per common European Union (EU) practices, Greece is moving from an ad hoc to a more systemic...
Greece suffers from high long-term and youth unemployment because of its protracted economic crisis.Greece’s active labor market policy is undergoing reform focused on program design and significant changes...
In the four months since Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was declared a pandemic, its toll on the health and wellbeing of people across the world has been profound. This experience has no parallel...
The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic and its negative economic effects create an urgent need for timely data and evidence to help monitor and mitigate the social and economic impacts of the crisis and protect...
Firms and workers continue to be deeply affected by COVID-19, while the reach of policy support has been limited. Only one in four businesses surveyed across 60 countries has received any type of public...
This training report has been prepared as part of the Greece Minimum Wage Technical Assistance (TA) provided by the World Sank to the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (MoLSA). The objective of this...
Relying on a novel dataset covering more than 120,000 firms in 60 countries, this paper con-tributes to the debate about D policies to support businesses through the COVID-19 pandemic. While governments...
The High-Frequency Phone Survey of Firms (HFPS-F) interviews a sample of firms in Addis Ababa every three weeks for a total of eight survey rounds. This high-frequency follow-up allows for a better understanding...
The World Economy is experiencing one the largest economic crisis of the last ninety years. Kosovo’s economy is set to contract for the first time 2020. Business Pulse Surveys (BPS) have been fielded by...
How is the COVID-19 pandemic affecting firm profits and tax payments in developing countries? This paper uses administrative corporate tax records from 10 low- and middle-income countries around the world...