labour supply

Evidence from Mauritius shows the consequences of losing a formal job in a labour market characterised by high rates of informal employment are significant. Unemployment benefits help mitigate these effects, while generating only small disincentive e...

Publicly provided daycare in Rio de Janeiro had benefits for both child development and the labour market outcomes of caregivers.

In response to high pollution, workers reduce their labour supply, but by differing amounts

Many rural workers turn to self-employment for lack of available jobs, not visions of entrepreneurship

Social norms help sustain wage floors with workers taking jobs at wage cuts in private, but rejecting them in public due to fear of sanctions