labour

Mechanisation standardises output and lowers supervision needs for hired labour, freeing owners’ families to engage in profitable off-farm activities

Despite evidence of increasing household wages, anti-poverty schemes in India can have an adverse effect by lowering human capital investment

Novel administrative data reveal that firms share a significant amount of rents with temporary workers, but less than with their permanent employees

Asset transfers can expand household-based economic activity, but can also draw more children into the labour force when other labour is unavailable

Temp agency workers in Argentina receive 49% of the workplace-specific pay premia earned by regular workers in user firms

Youth skill assessment increased employment and earnings for treated workseekers by providing information to both them and prospective employers

Providing personalised information on predicted case outcomes to parties in ongoing cases improved court efficiency and achieved better settlements

Money in the hands of mothers increases expenditure on children. Does this human capital investment promote economic growth in developing countries?

Missing markets, price effects, and dynamic and general equilibrium effects help explain why poor people do not work less when given cash