Economic conditions at the time of labour market entry can induce wage diff erentials between workers entering the labour market at diff erent points in time. While the existence and persistence of these entry wage diff erentials are well documented, little is known about their interaction with employees’ mobility behaviour. This paper contributes to this research area by analyzing the interact...

Study of the relationship between mental health, psychological handicap, and industrial conditions has developed considerably in importance during the last 5 years. Wartime investigations connected with the occupational adaptation of discharged service men were described by Lewis and Slater (1942), Lewis (1943), and Guttman and Thomas (1944), and the findings of Fraser(1947) on the incidence of...

The study calculates nominal and effective rates of protection their association with major characteristics industries—labour intensity, export orientation revealed comparative advantage. results indicate that as well rate has declined between two benchmark years—1990 2002, but vegetable oil, motor vehicles, a sector producing intermediate good ‘other manufacturing’ remains highly protected. Ov...

The views and opinions expressed in this paper are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily correspond to the views or policies of the Department for International Development (DFID), UK. SUMMARY This paper examines the experiences of the government, private sector, and civil society in managing international emigration from Bangladesh. The paper outlines complex processes of labour migrat...

BACKGROUND Obstetric fistula is a physically and socially disabling obstetric complication that affects about 3,000 women in Tanzania every year. The fistula, an opening that forms between the vagina and the bladder and/or the rectum, is most frequently caused by unattended prolonged labour, often associated with delays in seeking and receiving appropriate and adequate birth care. Using the ava...

• Most of the urban poor in developing countries spend their lives in insecure, poorly paid jobs • They participate in economic growth, and adjust to economic change, through urban labour markets • Pro-poor urbanisation requires labour intensive growth, supported by labour protection, flexible land use regulation and investments in basic services U rbanisation is taking place on a massive scale...

• Most of the urban poor in developing countries spend their lives in insecure, poorly paid jobs • They participate in economic growth, and adjust to economic change, through urban labour markets • Pro-poor urbanisation requires labour intensive growth, supported by labour protection, flexible land use regulation and investments in basic services U rbanisation is taking place on a massive scale...

School Attendance of Children and the Work of Mothers: A Joint Multilevel Model for India This paper investigates the determinants of school attendance of children and their mother’s working status when the mother decides how to allocate her time and that of her children. A multilevel random effects model is applied to study the mother’s participation and the schooling status of her children in...