Documents et rapports

Wage Bill and Employment Diagnostic : Key Drivers and Policy Recommendations (anglais)

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...

Firm Heterogeneity and the Impact of Payroll Taxes (anglais)

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...

Can Temporary Wage Incentives Increase Formal Employment ? Experimental Evidence from Mexico (anglais)

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...

Effectiveness of Government Support for the Private Sector during the COVID-19 Crisis : Evidence from El Salvador and Georgia (anglais)

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...

The Effects of Subsidizing Social Security Contributions : Job creation or Informality Reduction ? (anglais)

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 - Improving the Design and Delivery of ALMPS : Output A.2 - Program Document for 1st Phase of New ALMP Model (anglais)

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 - Improving the Design and Delivery of ALMPS : Output B.1 : Blueprint for a system to administer the operation of ALMPs and a monitoring and evaluation system of ALMPs (anglais)

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 - Improving the Design and Delivery of ALMPS : Output A.1 - Concept Note for 1st Phase of New ALMP Model (anglais)

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...

Facing the Storm : COVID-19’s Impact on Russia’s Private Sector in 10 Graphs (anglais)

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...

Monitoring COVID-19 Impacts on Firms in Ethiopia (Vol. 4 of 7) : Phone-Based COVID-19 Firm Tracking Survey (anglais)

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...

Supporting Firms in Restructuring and Recovery (anglais)

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...

Technical Support to the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of Greece : Greece Minimum Wage - Training Report (anglais)

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...

Policies to Support Businesses through the COVID-19 Shock : A Firm-Level Perspective (anglais)

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...

Monitoring COVID-19 Impacts on Refugees in Ethiopia : Results from a High-Frequency Phone Survey of Firms (Vol. 2 of 2) : Database (anglais)

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 COVID-19 Business Pulse Survey Kosovo in a Regional Perspective (anglais)

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...

Official Documents- Disbursement and Financial Information Letter for TF0B4378 (anglais)

Official Documents- Grant Agreement for Grant TF0B4378 (anglais)

Impacts of COVID-19 on Firms in Vietnam - Results from the Second Round of COVID-19 Business Pulse Survey (Vol. 3 of 3) : Questionnaire (vietnamien)

Impacts of COVID-19 on Firms in Vietnam - Results from the Second Round of COVID-19 Business Pulse Survey (Vol. 3 of 3) : Questionnaire (anglais)

The Impact of COVID-19 on Formal Firms: Micro Tax Data Simulations across Countries (anglais)

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...