Labour Markets in Low-Income Countries: Challenges and Opportunities

ISBN-13: 9780192897107 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 256 str.

David Lam; Ahmed Elsayed

Recenzje

Each chapter identifies key takeaways. A major finding of this book is that vocational training programs have a disappointing record. The clear analysis of this volume sharpens economists' toolkit for promoting the development of low—income countries.

O autorze

David Lam is Professor of Economics and Research Professor in the Population Studies Center at the University of Michigan. He is Honorary Professor of Economics at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. His research focuses on the interaction of economics and demography in developing countries. He has worked extensively in Brazil and South Africa, where his research analyses links between education, labour markets, and income inequality. He has served as president of the Population Association of America and was a member of the Committee on Population of the US National Academy of Sciences. Ahmed Elsayed is a Senior Research Associate at the IZA - Institute of Labor Economics in Bonn, Germany. He co-coordinates the IZA's program area 'Gender, Growth and Labour Markets in Low Income Countries' (G2LM | LIC) and the network program area 'Labor and Development'. His main research interests are in labour, migration, and development economics. He is particularly interested in the economic implications of terrorism for both native and migrant groups, as well as gender inequalities in education and labor markets in developing countries. He obtained his PhD degree in Economics from Maastricht University in 2015.