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Formal Labor Market Dynamics and Development

This paper studies formal employment dynamics using linked employer–employee data from eight countries spanning a wide income range from Kenya to Chile.

Mitigating the Consequences of Job Loss in Lower-Income Countries: Evidence from Ethiopia

Job loss is an understudied risk for formal workers in lower-income countries. In these settings, lump-sum severance pay is often the only source of job-loss insurance.

Presentation | Sub-national funding arrangements and fiscal equalisation in the United Kingdom

On 27th January 2026, policymakers from Nigeria’s Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) gathered at Keble College - Oxford University for a workshop on Fiscal Federalism and

Job Displacement Insurance in Developing Countries

This chapter is part of The Handbook of Social Protection: Evidence and New Directions for Low- and Middle-Income Countries, a comprehensive publication examining the role of social protec

How Peru transformed natural resource wealth into local economic development

This blog was originally published on voxdev.org on 4 February 2025

Cash transfers and the local economy: evidence from Brazil

Cash transfers have been adopted worldwide and credited with significant reductions in poverty.

Fiscal policy and gender income inequality: the role of taxes and social spending

Despite the challenges in measuring economic resources at the individual level in a consistent manner across countries, estimates suggest that women are often more likely to be poorer, to live in p

TaxDev researchers participate in the NTA conference

TaxDev researchers, Daniel Prinz, Dario Tortarolo, and Ross Warwick recently participated in the

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