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Globalisation and the rise of Narcos: Understanding violent crime in urban Mexico Manufacturing job loss, induced by competition with China, increased cocaine trafficking, thereby increasing violent crime in urban areas in Mexico Labour Markets Melissa Dell Ben Feigenberg Kensuke Teshima Published 27.05.19
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Helping young Ethiopians find jobs What are the barriers that hinder young people from getting jobs in Ethiopia and how can they be overcome? Labour Markets Girum Abebe Published 20.03.19
Making a Narco: Childhood exposure to illegal labour markets and criminal life paths Exposure to illegal labour markets in childhood leads to the formation of industry-specific human capital, putting children on a criminal life path Labour Markets Maria Micaela Sviatschi Published 05.03.19
Do job training programmes work? The design and incentives of work programmes need to be aligned with the skills demanded by participating firms and the labour market at large Labour Markets Orazio Attanasio Published 16.01.19
Unemployment benefits or severance pay? What are the trade-offs between unemployment benefits and severance pay? Labour Markets Francois Gerard Published 28.11.18
Cash transfers and adult labour outcomes in developing countries: Why does the Econ 101 labour-leisure trade-off model lead us astray? Missing markets, price effects, and dynamic and general equilibrium effects help explain why poor people do not work less when given cash Labour Markets Sarah Baird David McKenzie Berk Özler Published 19.10.18
Imperfect substitution and development accounting Technological and institutional environments, rather than differences in human capital, are behind variations in skill premia across countries Labour Markets Francesco Caselli Antonio Ciccone Published 12.07.18
