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Jun 3, 2025 - G²LM|LIC - Gender Growth and Labor Markets in Low-Income Countries
Kapoor, Rolly; Gade, Smit, 2025, "G²LM|LIC - Together to Work? Role of Travel Buddies on Women’s Employment and Mobility", https://doi.org/10.15185/glmlic.773.1, Research Data Center of IZA (IDSC), V1
Introduction to the Dataset This dataset is derived from a clustered randomized controlled trial (RCT) conducted in urban neighborhoods across the Delhi NCR region in India. The experiment evaluated whether enabling women to coordinate travel with peers for job interviews would r... |
Dec 6, 2024 - G²LM|LIC - Gender Growth and Labor Markets in Low-Income Countries
Heath, Rachel M.; Boudreau, Laura; Das, Narayan, 2024, "G²LM|LIC - The Roles of Information and Search Frictions in Determining Working Conditions in Bangladesh’s Apparel Sector", https://doi.org/10.15185/glmlic.529.1, Research Data Center of IZA (IDSC), V1
The emergence of low-skill manufacturing sectors in developing countries can increase labor market opportunities and provide other economics benefits for women (Heath and Mobarak, 2015; Tanaka, 2017). But in light of the poor conditions that characterize many low-skill manufactur... |
Sep 30, 2024 - G²LM|LIC - Gender Growth and Labor Markets in Low-Income Countries
Fiala, Nathan; Ankel-Peters, Jörg, 2023, "G²LM|LIC - Uganda Youth Opportunity Program - COVID-19 Survey", https://doi.org/10.15185/glmlic.5-698.1, Research Data Center of IZA (IDSC), V3
This study does examine the resilience of young micro-entrepreneurs in the informal sector and their families in rural Uganda against the COVID-19 shock. More specifically, the study investigates how firms have built up considerable amounts of physical and human capital over the... |
Nov 12, 2023 - G²LM|LIC - Gender Growth and Labor Markets in Low-Income Countries
Hsu, Eric; Wancera Wambugu, Anne, 2023, "G²LM|LIC - Taming Counterfeits Markets with Consumer Information", https://doi.org/10.15185/glmlic.620.1, Research Data Center of IZA (IDSC), V2
The project aimed to study whether an information campaign to improve Kenyan farmers’ ability to detect quality of agricultural inputs—such as seeds, fertilizer, and pesticides was able to help: increase usage of techniques to verify seed quality, increase adoption of quality-ver... |
Nov 12, 2023 - G²LM|LIC - Gender Growth and Labor Markets in Low-Income Countries
Shonchoy, Abu; Khondker, Bazlul Haque; Raihan, Selim, 2023, "G²LM|LIC - Reducing Extreme Poverty through Skill Training for Industry Job Placement", https://doi.org/10.15185/glmlic.238.1, Research Data Center of IZA (IDSC), V2
The experimental intervention of this study was inspired by the Department for International Development (DFID)-funded training program conducted in the Northern Bangladesh by Gana Unnayan Kendra (GUK). By employing randomized controlled trial (RCT) technique, this study addresse... |
Nov 12, 2023 - G²LM|LIC - Gender Growth and Labor Markets in Low-Income Countries
Fehr, Dietmar; Fink, Günther; Jack, B. Kelsey, 2023, "G²LM|LIC - Poor and Rational: Decision-Making under Scarcity", https://doi.org/10.15185/glmlic.720466.1, Research Data Center of IZA (IDSC), V2
The authors investigate in a sample of over 3,000 small-scale farmers in Zambia, who were given the opportunity to exchange randomly assigned household items for alternative items of similar value. Analyzing a total of 5,842 trading decisions over a range of items, including cash... |
Nov 12, 2023 - G²LM|LIC - Gender Growth and Labor Markets in Low-Income Countries
Islam, Asadul; Triyana, Margaret; Xia, Xing, 2023, "G²LM|LIC - Occupational Health and Safety: The Role of Information and Financial Linkage", https://doi.org/10.15185/glmlic.399.1, Research Data Center of IZA (IDSC), V2
The intervention was carried out in October 2017. A baseline survey was conducted prior to the intervention in 2017 and two follow-up surveys were carried out in December 2018 and end of 2019. In addition, a special follow-up survey of the workers was carried out in January 2021... |
Nov 12, 2023 - G²LM|LIC - Gender Growth and Labor Markets in Low-Income Countries
Brudevold-Newman, Andrew; Honorati, Maddalena; Jakiela, Pamela; Ozier, Owen; Ipapa, Gerald, 2023, "G²LM|LIC - Nairobi Women’s Labor Market Panel Data", https://doi.org/10.15185/glmlic.406.1, Research Data Center of IZA (IDSC), V2
The project conducted a randomized evaluation of two labor market interventions between 2013 and 2017 targeted to 905 young women aged 18 to 19 in three of Nairobi’s poorest neighborhoods, Baba Dogo, Dandora, and Lunga-Lunga. Applicants to the program were stratified by neighborh... |
Nov 12, 2023 - G²LM|LIC - Gender Growth and Labor Markets in Low-Income Countries
Alfonsi, Livia; Namubiru, Mary; Spaziani, Sara, 2023, "G²LM|LIC - Meet Your Future Project: COVID-19 Phone Surveys - Students and Alumnis", https://doi.org/10.15185/glmlic.696.1, Research Data Center of IZA (IDSC), V2
The Meet Your Future Project (MYF) is an RCT designed in partnership with BRAC Uganda to investigate the relative importance of several barriers to quality employment that students face when transitioning from the educational sector into labor markets characterized by high levels... |
Nov 12, 2023 - G²LM|LIC - Gender Growth and Labor Markets in Low-Income Countries
Blimpo, Moussa P.; Pugatch, Todd, 2023, "G²LM|LIC - Entrepreneurship Education and Teacher Training in Rwanda", https://doi.org/10.15185/glmlic.3416.1, Research Data Center of IZA (IDSC), V2
An experiment across 207 secondary schools shall investigate, how a comprehensive teacher training program affects the delivery of a major entrepreneurship curriculum reform in Rwanda. The reform introduced interactive pedagogy and a focus on business skills in the country's requ... |
