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Mar 5, 2024 - IZA - Institute of Labor Economics
Australian National University (ANU); Beijing Normal University; Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), 2024, "Longitudinal Survey on Rural Urban Migration in China", https://doi.org/10.15185/izadp.7680.1, Research Data Center of IZA (IDSC), V3
The Longitudinal Survey on Rural Urban Migration in China (RUMiC) consists of three parts: the Urban Household Survey, the Rural Household Survey and the Migrant Household Survey. It was initiated by a group of researchers at the Australian National University, the University of... |
Jan 23, 2024 - IZA - Institute of Labor Economics
Kuhn, Peter J.; Shen, Kailing, 2023, "What Happens When Employers Can No Longer Discriminate in Job Ads?", https://doi.org/10.15185/izadp.14618.1, Research Data Center of IZA (IDSC), V2
When employers’ explicit gender requests were unexpectedly removed from a Chinese job board overnight, pools of successful applicants became more integrated: women’s (men’s) share of call-backs to jobs that had requested men (women) rose by 62 (146) percent. The removal ‘worked’... |
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
Singh, Niharika, 2023, "G²LM|LIC - Impacts of Local Labor Market Information on Search and Employment: Evidence from India", https://doi.org/10.15185/glmlic.582.1, Research Data Center of IZA (IDSC), V2
This study sought to understand the impacts of providing customized and timely labor market information on the search and employment decisions of job seekers. The sample of job seekers was recruited from an online job portal, QuirkJobs.com, via advertisements on the website and o... |
Nov 12, 2023 - G²LM|LIC - Gender Growth and Labor Markets in Low-Income Countries
Blösch, Justin; Mangal, Kunal; Singh, Niharika, 2023, "G²LM|LIC - How Labor Market Tightness and Job Search Activity Changed in the First Year of COVID-19 in India: Evidence from a Job Portal | Leveraging “Big Data” to Improve Labor Market Outcomes", https://doi.org/10.15185/glmlic.707.1, Research Data Center of IZA (IDSC), V2
In this project, rich administrative data on search and recruitment from a low-wage online job portal are used to study the labor market impacts of COVID-19 in India. The data from the job portal includes information on vacancies and job seekers across 2019 and 2020. It covers al... |
Nov 12, 2023 - G²LM|LIC - Gender Growth and Labor Markets in Low-Income Countries
Field, Erica; Junaid, Syed Uzair; Shahid, Alieha; Subramanian, Nivedhitha; Vyborny, Kate; Garlick, Rob, 2023, "G²LM|LIC - Characterizing Urban Labor Market Effects of COVID-19 and Speeding Recovery Through a Job Search Platform", https://doi.org/10.15185/glmlic.704.1, Research Data Center of IZA (IDSC), V2
The data collection from jobseekers and firms is done as part of the enrollment and operations for the job search platform called “Job Talash”. As part of the operations for the platform, vacancies are listed from enrolled firms on the platform and match candidates who meet the r... |
Nov 12, 2023 - G²LM|LIC - Gender Growth and Labor Markets in Low-Income Countries
Bassi, Vittorio; Nansamba, Aisha; Rasul, Imran, 2023, "G²LM|LIC - Asymmetric Information on the Skills of Workers and Matching in the Labor Market", https://doi.org/10.15185/glmlic.071.1, Research Data Center of IZA (IDSC), V2
The project studies how employers and job seekers respond to credible information on skills that are difficult to observe, and how this affects matching in the labor market. Whether certificates on workers’ non-cognitive skills are disclosed to both sides of the market during job... |
Nov 12, 2023 - G²LM|LIC - Gender Growth and Labor Markets in Low-Income Countries
Fafchamps, Marcel; Abebe, Girum; Quinn, Simon; Caria, Stefano, 2023, "G²LM|LIC- Assisting Job Search in Low-Employment Communities", https://doi.org/10.15185/glmlic.176.1, Research Data Center of IZA (IDSC), V2
In the original research project, two interventions that are designed to help young urban dwellers search for employment by removing spatial and informational obstacles to job search were evaluated experimentally in Addis Ababa. The first intervention was a transport subsidy lowe... |
Nov 8, 2023 - IZA - Institute of Labor Economics
Lehmann, Hartmut; Muravyev, Aleksander; Kiev International Institute of Sociology, KIIS; Centre for Economic Reform and Transformation, CERT; Economics Education and Research Consortium-Ukraine, EERC; Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung-Essen, RWI, 2023, "Ukrainian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey", https://doi.org/10.15185/izadp.7090.1, Research Data Center of IZA (IDSC), V1
The survey aimed at getting detailed information on employment, reasons for unemployment and job search strategies, education, changes in places of residence and health of active adult population of Ukraine. The survey was held in all the regions including the Crimean Autonomous... |
Nov 6, 2023 - IZA - Institute of Labor Economics
Kuhn, Peter J.; Shen, Kailing; Helleseter, Miguel Delgado, 2023, "The Age Twist in Employers' Gender Requests: Evidence from Four Job Boards", https://doi.org/10.15185/izadp.9891.1, Research Data Center of IZA (IDSC), V1
When permitted by law, employers sometimes state the preferred age and gender of their employees in job ads. The researchers study the interaction of advertised requests for age and gender on one Mexican and three Chinese job boards, showing that firms’ explicit gender requests s... |
