Documentos e informes
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Recent labor market performance in Vietnam through a gender lens (Inglés)
This paper provides an overview of the recent performance of the labor market in Vietnam during the Great Recession. The analysis uses data from the Labor Force Survey and the Vietnam Household Living...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas Número del informe: WPS6056 Fecha del documento: 1 de mayo de 2012 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Le Borgne Pierre,Gaelle
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Globalization, wages, and the quality of jobs : five country studies (Inglés)
The country studies in this volume analyze the link between globalization and working conditions in Cambodia, El Salvador, Honduras, Indonesia, and Madagascar. These countries vary significantly in population...
Tipo de documento: Publicación Número del informe: 49916 Fecha del documento: 1 de enero de 2009 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Robertson,Raymond,Brown,Drusilla,Le Borgne Pierre,Gaelle, Sanchez-Puerta, María Laura
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Job creation in Latin America and the Caribbean : recent trends and policy challenges (Inglés)
This book provides a comprehensive review of labor market developments in Latin America and the Caribbean over the past 15 years and sheds light on factors that are behind the generally poor creation of...
Tipo de documento: Publicación Número del informe: 52677 Fecha del documento: 1 de enero de 2009 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Pages,Carmen,Le Borgne Pierre,Gaelle,Scarpetta,Stefano
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Madagascar - De jure labor regulations and actual investment climate constraints (Inglés)
Although labor market regulations are not among the most pressing issues for a low-income country such as Madagascar, they may still have distorting effects. This paper uses a number of indicators that...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo (Serie Numerada) Número del informe: 51707 Fecha del documento: 1 de agosto de 2008 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Le Borgne Pierre,Gaelle
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Madagascar - De jure labor regulations and actual investment climate constraints (Francés)
Although labor market regulations are not among the most pressing issues for a low-income country such as Madagascar, they may still have distorting effects. This paper uses a number of indicators that...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo (Serie Numerada) Número del informe: 51707 Fecha del documento: 1 de agosto de 2008 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Le Borgne Pierre,Gaelle
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How labor market policies can combine workers' protection with job creation : a partial review of some key issues and policy options (Inglés)
To what extent have macro and structural reforms in many developing countries affected the labor market? Are current policy settings in the labor market adequate to cope with the current challenges of...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo (Serie Numerada) Número del informe: 41439 Fecha del documento: 1 de octubre de 2007 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Le Borgne Pierre,Gaelle,Scarpetta,Stefano
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Enhancing job opportunities - Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union (Inglés)
In the last 15 years, the countries of Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union have made impressive progress in their historical transition from centrally planned to market economies. In building the...
Tipo de documento: Publicación Número del informe: 34720 Fecha del documento: 1 de enero de 2005 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Benarji, Arup,O'Keefe,Philip B.,Le Borgne Pierre,Gaelle,Rutkowski,Jan Jerzy,Scarpetta,Stefano,Vodopivec,Milan
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Employment regulations through the eyes of employers - do they matter and how do firms respond to them? (Inglés)
The authors present evidence on how employers perceive labor regulations and react when these are perceived to constrain the operation of their firm. They draw from harmonized surveys of (up to) 17,000...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas Número del informe: WPS3463 Fecha del documento: 1 de diciembre de 2004 Autor: Le Borgne Pierre,Gaelle,Scarpetta,Stefano
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The returns to participation in the non-farm sector in rural Rwanda (Inglés)
In this paper, we investigate the differences in outcomes (earnings and consumption) between individuals (households) who participate in the non-farm sector and those who do not. We use propensity score...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas Número del informe: WPS3462 Fecha del documento: 1 de diciembre de 2004 Autor: Dabalen,Andrew L.,Paternostro,Stefano,Le Borgne Pierre,Gaelle
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Employment regulations through the eyes of employers. Do they matter and how do firms respond to them? (Inglés)
This paper presents evidence on how employers perceive labor regulations and react when these are perceived to constrain the operation of their firm. The paper draws from harmonized surveys of (up to)...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo Número del informe: 31349 Fecha del documento: 18 de octubre de 2004 Autor: Le Borgne Pierre,Gaelle,Scarpetta,Stefano
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How labor market policies can combine workers' protection with job creation (Inglés)
To what extend have macro and structural reforms in many developing countries affected the labor market? Are current policy settings in the labor market adequate to cope with the current challenges of...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo Número del informe: 31348 Fecha del documento: 1 de octubre de 2004 Autor: Le Borgne Pierre,Gaelle,Scarpetta,Stefano