Poverty is on a declining trend in Georgia, buoyed by recent robust economic growth and labor market improvements. Between 2016 and 2022, the poverty rate, measured by the international poverty line (below...
Economic growth is projected at 3.2 percent in 2024, with robust growth supported by strong consumption from higher wages, fiscal stimulus, and import substitution. Inflation has remained above the central...
Poland’s real 2024 gross domestic product (GDP) growth is forecasted to exceed expectations due to a stronger rebound in private and public consumption on the back of slowing inflation and high wage growth...
Montenegro’s economy is expected to grow by 3.4 percent in 2024. Growth is projected to moderate but remain solid at 3.5 percent in 2025, boosted by wage increases. However, fiscal challenges persist as...
Montenegro’s economy is expected to grow by 3.4 percent in 2024. Growth is projected to moderate but remain solid at 3.5 percent in 2025, boosted by wage increases. However, fiscal challenges persist as...
Poland’s real 2024 gross domestic product (GDP) growth is forecasted to exceed expectations due to a stronger rebound in private and public consumption on the back of slowing inflation and high wage growth...
Growth reached 9.1 percent in H1 2024, driven by strong private consumption due to rising real wages. Unemployment decreased and poverty continued to decline. Growth is projected at 7.5 percent for 2024...
Economic activity picked up during the first quarter of 2024, on the back of robust consumption growth as prices stabilized. Over the medium term, growth is projected to strengthen further, fueled by consumption...
Economic activity picked up during the first quarter of 2024, on the back of robust consumption growth as prices stabilized. Over the medium term, growth is projected to strengthen further, fueled by consumption...
Growth reached 9.1 percent in H1 2024, driven by strong private consumption due to rising real wages. Unemployment decreased and poverty continued to decline. Growth is projected at 7.5 percent for 2024...
The Bulgarian economy has embarked on a recovery path in early 2024 aligned with the moderate pick-up of activity in the eurozone. The widening gap between real wage and productivity growth and the potential...
The Bulgarian economy has embarked on a recovery path in early 2024 aligned with the moderate pick-up of activity in the eurozone. The widening gap between real wage and productivity growth and the potential...
This paper investigates whether the minimum wage policy significantly reduced poverty in Java Island, Indonesia, between 2002 and 2014. Its identification strategy exploits variation in minimum wages over...
Objective and equitable wage mechanisms are a key component of a well-functioning public sector. They promote talent recruitment and retainment, reward good performance and raise public employees’ motivation...
Spatial isolation is considered to be one of the main determinants of poverty. Therefore, many transport investments are undertaken with the stated objective of poverty reduction. This paper evaluates...
This paper investigates the impacts of job displacement on subsequent labor market outcomes, focusing on differentiated effects by educational groups and gender. The findings show that job separations...
Biased beliefs about future labor-market earnings are commonplace. Based on a longitudinal survey of graduate work transitions in Mozambique, this study assesses the contribution of employment mismatches...
The Worldwide Bureaucracy Indicators (WWBI) is a unique cross-national dataset on public sector employment and wages developed by the World Bank's Bureaucracy Lab to better enable researchers, development...
The Worldwide Bureaucracy Indicators (WWBI) are a project of the Bureaucracy Lab at the World Bank. The Lab seeks to promote the use of evidence and technology in the study of the civil service through...
The Worldwide Bureaucracy Indicators (WWBI) is a unique cross-national dataset on public sector employment and wages developed by the World Bank's Bureaucracy Lab to better enable researchers, development...