Subject: Social Sciences
Topic Classification Term: Developing Countries
Deposit Date: 2023
Unit of Analysis: Individuals
1 to 10 of 18 Results
Jan 30, 2024 - G²LM|LIC - Gender Growth and Labor Markets in Low-Income Countries
Assaad, Raul; Krafft, Caroline, 2023, "G²LM|LIC - Sudan Labor Market Panel Survey", https://doi.org/10.15185/glmlic.706.1, Research Data Center of IZA (IDSC), V4
The Sudan Labor Market Panel Survey 2022 (SLMPS 2022) is the first wave of a planned longitudinal study of the Sudanese labor market designed to elucidate the way in which human resources are developed and deployed in the Sudanese economy. The SLMPS 2022 is a nationally-represent... |
Jan 29, 2024 - IZA - Institute of Labor Economics
Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops (IGZ), Germany; University of Central Asia (UCA), Kyrgyzstan; Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Sweden; German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), Germany, 2023, "Life in Kyrgyzstan Study, 2010 - 2019", https://doi.org/10.15185/izadp.7055.1, Research Data Center of IZA (IDSC), V2
The Life in Kyrgyzstan (LiK) Study is a research-based multi-topic longitudinal survey of households and individuals in Kyrgyzstan, which Prof. Tilman Brück started in 2009. It tracks the same 3000 households and over 8000 individuals over time in all seven Kyrgyz regions (oblast... |
Nov 12, 2023 - G²LM|LIC - Gender Growth and Labor Markets in Low-Income Countries
Heath, Rachel M.; Boudreau, Laura; Matin, Imran; Ahmed, Shakil, 2023, "G²LM|LIC - The Effects of Employer Responses to COVID-19 on Female Garment Workers in Bangladesh", https://doi.org/10.15185/glmlic.710.1, Research Data Center of IZA (IDSC), V2
This study developed and implemented a mobile-phone-based survey of garment workers in Bangladesh, providing insights about COVID-19 responses in their workplace and the effects on workers. The study asked about factory shutdowns, the rate of safety measures like masks and increa... |
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
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
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
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... |