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UNU-WIDER is looking for an outstanding individual with strong commitment and potential to support the Institute’s “Reducing Inequalities Across and Within Countries” programme. Closing date: 12 Octob...

This paper provides the first comprehensive analysis of how firms in emerging economies respond to carbon taxation, leveraging detailed administrative data from South Africa—a potential trailblazer fo...

Using admission lotteries and registry data linking labor market outcomes, we study the short- and medium-term effects of a vocational training progra…

Evidence from Ecuador suggests that natural disasters have important but short-lived impact on production and market conditions in developing countries that vary depending on firm differences in effic...

The Reducing Conflict and Improving Performance in the Economy research programme is pleased to be hosting its first online course for the spring of 2025, which will be taught by a series of lecturers and experts in the field.

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Income differences between high- and low-income countries reflect differences in technology adoption and skill endowments. Ensuring the right worker finds the right job - improving worker-job matching...

This report is the result of an analysis of intergenerational social mobility in Mozambique using data collected from six administrative posts across four provinces (Maputo, Zambézia, Sofala, and Namp...

Mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich Merz have won Germany's 2025 election. Here's a look in charts at the wins and losses, seats in parliament, possible coalition outcomes and voter demographics...

UNU-WIDER requests research proposals for a project on the Firm and labour market effects of AI in developi