Al via, nel Campus Luiss di Viale Pola, la presentazione del Report della Banca Mondiale "Il futuro del lavoro. Implicazioni per l'equità e la crescita in Europa". Con Massimo Temussi, Leonardo Iacovone, Iván Torre, Fabiano Schivardi, Francesca Lotti, giacomo frizzarin, Fabio Rapiti e

It was great presenting (in Italian!) the Future of Work report at the gorgeous “Sala delle Colonne” of Luiss. Check below some pictures of the event.

🚨 📄 New Discussion Paper Reviewing the evidence on Social Protection and Labour Market policies on Informally employment in low/ middle income countries. We review 200+ papers to understand which policy instruments can promote formalisation, protection, and productivity

Now forthcoming in World Development

Our paper with Asli Demirgüç-Kunt & Misha Lokshin on Social Protection spending during the pandemic has been published in World Development! We find that job protection spending is associated with faster recovery, although the effect is mediated by SP systems sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

🚨 New Working Paper 📄 We employ a new approach to measure migration intentions among high-skilled youth in Myanmar. A survey experiment then shows that without political stability & declining conflict, economic stabilization is unlikely to reduce emigration.

🚨New Working Paper 🚨📄🦗 Plague, war, and exodus? The effects of desert locust swarms on migration intentions in Yemen wider.unu.edu/publication/pl… from research during a visiting fellowship UNU-WIDER last year

Join us now at 8:00 am EST / 2:00 pm CET for the launch of the Fall 2024 ECA Economic Update! x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Countries in Europe and Central Asia are at a development stage where they need to shift to an innovation-led model to keep growing. Check out our blog with Ivailo Izvorski and Misha Lokshin on the need to improve education to reach high-income status blogs.worldbank.org/en/europeandce…

Check out the latest edition of the ECA Economic Update - focusing on how to make the talent of ECA flourish and boost growth in the region by improving education systems!

How can improving education help countries across Europe and Central Asia reach high income status? Read this blog by the World Bank's Ivailo Izvorski, Michael Lokshin, and Iván Torre discussing the findings of our new #ECAUpdate: wrld.bg/6rih50TNXvw

Education quality is declining across much of Europe and Central Asia, hurting economic growth. The World Bank's Ivailo Izvorski, Michael Lokshin, and Iván Torre argue countries must act now, particularly on reforming vocational and university programs: wrld.bg/IFjm50TPWVn

The Europe and Central Asia Chief Economist Office at the World Bank is looking for a research assistant to work in topics related to labor economics and, more generally, applied microeconomics. The application deadline is January 19, 2025. Please share!

Pleased to share our latest World Bank Policy Research Working Paper, "Growing Vulnerability: What Happened to Europe’s Middle Class in the Course of a Decade?" written along with Maurizio Bussolo, Jonathan Karver, Michael Lokshin, and Iván Torre, which takes a

🚨 📑 New Working Paper 📊 From Conflict to Compromise: Experimental Evidence on Occupational Downgrading in Migration from Myanmar IZA docs.iza.org/dp17735.pdf We find that exposure to conflict in Myanmar makes graduates more amenable to take on lower-skilled work at

The quality of education across middle-income countries in Europe and Central Asia has deteriorated substantially in recent decades—creating a major obstacle to achieving high-income status. Learn more in the World Bank's #GreaterHeights report: wrld.bg/Kemj50VhZ6J