Papers and Briefs
November 2016
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Research Department Working Paper n°13
New technologies: A jobless future or golden age of job creation?
02 November 2016
This paper explains the dynamics of job destruction and job creation in the context of technological change.
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ILO What Works Research Brief No. 5
Employment Protection Legislation to Promote Quality of Job Creation
02 November 2016
An effective system of Employment Protection Legislation (EPL) must balance, among other things, the needs of workers for income and job security with employers’ need to adjust the workforce in an increasingly dynamic world of work. Indeed, rather than debating the benefits of more versus less EPL, more attention should be paid to the correct design of EPL, its interaction with other benefits, and its implementation and effective enforcement.
July 2016
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Research Department Working Paper n°15
Debt and productivity: Evidence from firm level data
04 July 2016
This paper uses firm level data to shed light on the relationship between finance and economic growth.
June 2016
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Research Department Working Paper n°14
Firm dynamics and business cycle: What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger?
23 June 2016
An analysis on the impact of recessions and booms on firm performance looking at 70,000 firms in over 100 countries between 1986 and 2014
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International Labour Review, Vol. 155 (2016), No. 1
Factor income distribution and growth regimes in Latin America, 1950–2012
16 June 2016
After a comprehensive review of the literature on economic growth regimes, the author develops an econometric model to determine the type of growth regime prevailing in 16 Latin American countries over the period 1950–2012, using statistical data on the respective wage share and profit share of GDP. After analysing the evolution of factor income distribution in relation to economic growth during the period in question, the author concludes that most Latin American economies have a wage-led growth regime, and that redistribution policies targeted at wages are therefore conducive to economic growth.
April 2016
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Research Department Working Paper n°12
Workfare programmes and their impact on the labour market: Effectiveness of Construyendo Perú
27 April 2016
This paper estimates the medium-term effects of the workfare programme Construyendo Perú implemented in Peru to support unemployed populations in situations of poverty and extreme poverty from 2007 to 2011.
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Research Department Working Paper n°11
Effectiveness of active labour market tools in Conditional Cash Transfers programmes: Evidence for Argentina
06 April 2016
This paper examines the impact of a programme implemented in Argentina to provide support in skills upgrading, vocational training, job-seeking and job placement to those eligible beneficiaries of the large conditional cash transfer programme Plan Jefes.
March 2016
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“What works” Research Brief No. 4
The employment effects of public works programmes
11 March 2016
The “What Works” Research Brief No. 4 discusses the most recent evidence on the role of public works and workfare programmes in improving participants’ labour market and social outcomes. It draws from new knowledge on the effectiveness of these type of programmes summarized in the Synthesis Report “What works: Active Labour Market Policies in Latin America and the Caribbean” and the particular experience of the workfare programme Construyendo Perú implemented in Peru to improve employability and labour market outcomes of participants.
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“What works” Research Brief No. 3
The role of PES in improving employment quality
11 March 2016
The “What Works” Research Brief No. 3 discusses the most recent evidence on the role of Public Employment Services (PES) in improving participants’ labour market outcomes. It draws from new knowledge on the effectiveness of this type of programmes summarized in the Synthesis Report “What works: Active Labour Market Policies in Latin America and the Caribbean” and the experience of the Public Employment Service in Colombia and its effectiveness in improving employment outcomes of participants.
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“What works” Research Brief No. 2
Promoting employment by providing active support through CCT programmes
11 March 2016
The “What Works” Research Brief No. 2 discusses the most recent evidence on the effectiveness of active labour market measures in increasing employability and job quality of conditional cash transfers (CCT) beneficiaries. It draws from new knowledge on the effectiveness of these type of programmes summarized in the Synthesis Report “What works: Active Labour Market Policies in Latin America and the Caribbean” and the particular experience of a programme implemented in Argentina that provided skills upgrading and job placement support to eligible beneficiaries of the CCT programme Plan Jefes.