Release Date:March, 2022

Two years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, a puzzle has emerged in several advanced economies: unfilled job vacancies have increased sharply even though employment has yet to fully recover. more...

Author/Editor: Romain A Duval, Yi Ji, Chris Papageorgiou, Ippei Shibata, Antonio Spilimbergo.

Release Date:February, 2022

Are preferences for reforms driven by individuals' own endowments or beliefs? To address this question, we conducted a cross-country survey on people's opinions on employment protection more...

Author/Editor: Romain A Duval, Yi Ji, Ippei Shibata.

Release Date:June, 2021

Raising South Africa's low employment rate to levels seen in emerging market or advanced economy peers could raise GDP per capita by 50 to 60 percent and reduce income inequality dramatically in the more...