Movement of labor from agriculture to nonagriculture and the associated increase in farm
size through structural transformation are at the core of economic development. We conduct …

This paper shows that self-employment shapes labor market power in low-income countries,
affecting industrial development. Using Peruvian data, we show that wage-setting power …

Poor countries have low wage employment and high self-employment. This paper shows
that they also have high unemployment relative to wage employment, and that self …

This paper reviews the use of micro-level data for research on structural transformation. We
survey the literature on the topics of cross-country productivity gaps, within-country gaps …

Growth is closely related to structural transformation, the reallocation of economic activity
among sectors. A well-functioning labor market plays an important role in this process by …

Between 1967 and 1974, a bilateral treaty increased circular labor migration from Malawi to
South Africa by 200%, bringing over 53 million USD in earnings into origin communities. A …

Traditional communal land-use systems that lack private land ownership and documentation
are common in low-income countries. The absence of deeds or titles for land generates …

In this chapter, we examine the feasibility and implications of working from home in
developing countries. As a large number of countries have implemented social distancing …

The Covid-19 pandemic disrupted the international transportation industry, causing
container freight rates to reach record highs from late 2020 and into 2021. I evaluate the …

En este articulo nos proponemos examinar la viabilidad e implicaciones del trabajo a
distancia en los países en vías de desarrollo. Dado que un número importante de países ha …