Abstract We assess South African workseekers' skills and disseminate the assessment
results to explore how limited information affects firm and workseeker behavior. Giving …

Seekings and Nattrass explain why poverty persisted in South Africa after the transition to
democracy in 1994. The book examines how public policies both mitigated and reproduced …

We show that reference letters from former employers alleviate information frictions in a low-
skill labor market, improving applicant screening and gender equity. A resume audit study …

We present field experimental evidence that limited information about workseekers' skills
distorts both firm and workseeker behavior. Assessing workseekers' skills, giving …

Periodic markets are an important aspect of local economies, providing a platform for
farmers (producers), wholesalers, retailers, and consumers to interact face-to-face and …

The objective of this article is to measure the effects of income and gender on informal social
networks in the rice value chain. Using primary data collected on 490 entrepreneurs in …

В монографии рассматриваются проблемы моделирования влияния бедности,
занятости, волатильных процентных ставок и неравенства на экономическую …

The paper examines the role of personal characteristics in not only determining the
unemployment duration but also the probability of unemployment terminating with transitions …

На широком статистическом материале доказывается, что бедность и неравенства в
разных странах БРИКС имеют разную природу. Использование различных вариантов …

This paper studies the links between economic performance and social networks in West
Africa. Using data collected on 358 small-scale traders in five border markets, we show that …