Around the globe a significant gap exists in the employment rates of people with and without disabilities. This report set out to explore the disability employment gap in Vietnam, with the inclusion of...
Using longitudinal data for Argentina, this paper estimates the labor supply reaction of spouses and children, as well as the interactions between them, following the job loss of their husband or father...
The unemployment rates in Germany had been decreasing progressively after the 2008 economic crisis. The rate reached 3.2 percent in January 2020, according to the seasonally adjusted Labor Force Survey...
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) economies have been a bright spot in an otherwise gloomy economic landscape. Average growth in the GCC surpassed 7 percent in 2022 led by Saudi Arabia, its biggest economy...
The COVID-19 pandemic and consequent measures to control the spread of the virus have had far-reaching effects on people’s livelihoods and on the country’s economy. By August 2020, six months into the...
The brief is the last in a series of five briefs that investigate different aspects of the jobs and economic recovery process from the COVID 19 pandemic Nepal. It uses data from the two rounds of the World...
In Latin America and Caribbean (LAC), women spend more than twice as much time as men on unpaid care work, including domestic or household tasks as well as care for people at home and in the community...
In Iraq, like many countries around the world, the informal sector is a major contributor to employment and business activity. The Iraq Labor Force Survey (LFS) of 2021 estimated that more than half of...
Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) face the dual and interlinked challenge of lack of jobs and low quality of public services. Labor force participation rates, especially of women, are among the lowest in Europe...
Montenegro’s income inequality, though recently on a decline, is still relatively high when compared to European Union (EU) countries. Income inequality partly reflects inequality of opportunity, that...
This paper studies the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on Indonesia’s labor market by exploiting the exogeneous timing of the pandemic in a seasonal difference-in-differences framework. The analysis uses...
Maternal work may affect children positively through increased household income, higher control of mothers over available income, and expansion of maternal information networks through work contacts and...
The provision and access to quality employment opportunities, especially for women and youth, is instrumental in achieving inclusive growth and more effective development outcomes. However, women and youth...
This research analyzes the evolution of maternity and paternity leave across the world, covering 190 countries over 52 years. The data show striking differences both within and between countries in how...
Most refugee hosting communities are characterized by high levels of poverty with precarious livelihood conditions, low access to public services, and underdeveloped infrastructure. While the unexpected...
This report focuses on the results of COVID-19 rapid response household survey conducted at Bulgaria in May 2022. The labor market has continued to show signs of recovery though an eighth of workers reported...