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...
Pandemi COVID-19 dan langkah-langkah konsekuensi untuk mengendalikan penyebaran virus telah memiliki efek luas pada mata pencaharian masyarakat dan ekonomi negara. Pada Agustus 2020, enam bulan memasuki...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Despite a policy consensus that closing gender employment gaps will boost economic growth, relatively little is known about the size of these gains in many developing countries. This paper develops a new...
With only 32 percent of working-age women in the labor market, Guatemala is an upper-middle-income country with one of the lowest rates of female labor force participation in the Latin America and the...
Although Chile has experienced robust economic growth and made progress in narrowing gender gaps during the last decades, gender disparities persist, especially in access to economic opportunities. Moreover...