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Search our database of policy briefcases, bulletins, and evidence reviews. Briefcases summarize the results and policy recommendations from one randomized evaluation, while bulletins synthesize the broader policy lessons emerging from multiple evaluations on the same topic. Evidence reviews summarize an existing academic literature review, like a handbook chapter or white paper, for a policy audience.

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Evidence on Labor Market Policies and Implications for Brazil: Informality

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mai 28, 2025
Informality remains a central feature of the Brazilian labor market, affecting around 38 percent of the workforce. Although the country experienced a significant decline in informality during the 2000s, mainly due to rising education levels, progress has since stagnated. Informality continues to...
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Evidence on Labor Market Policies and Implications for Brazil: The Future of Work

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mai 28, 2025
Technological changes such as automation, digitalization, and artificial intelligence are transforming labor markets worldwide. In Brazil, these transformations pose particular challenges due to the high share of workers in low-skilled occupations and persistent labor market inequalities.
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Evidence in Labor Market Policies and Implications for Brazil: Job Search Assistance

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septembre 5, 2024
Barriers like skill communication issues, lack of information, and behavioral biases can complicate the job search process. This publication, co-authored by JOI Brasil and the Inter-American Development Bank, examines evidence on job search assistance programs and their implications for improving...
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Evidence in Labor Market Policies and Implications for Brazil: Job Training Programs

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novembre 30, 2022
Skills are important for accessing high-quality jobs and being more productive. However, in Brazil and other countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, many people neither receive adequate training nor develop skills that are demanded in the labor market. This publication—produced in co...
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Sectoral Employment Programs as a Path to Quality Jobs: Lessons from Randomized Evaluations

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février 22, 2022
J-PAL North America’s Sectoral Employment Evidence Review summarizes an academic paper that examines four randomized evaluations of sectoral employment programs and describes the mechanisms behind their success.
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Public ou Privé ? L’accompagnement vers L’emploi en France

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août 1, 2015
En France, un programme d’accompagnement intensif proposé à des demandeurs d’emploi exposés à un risque de chômage de longue durée leur a permis de trouver du travail plus rapidement que dans le cadre de l’accompagnement classique. L’accompagnement s’est avéré plus efficace lorsqu’il a été mis en...
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Inspiring Success: Personalized Trainings for Microenterprises

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août 1, 2019
An randomized evaluation found that adding sessions with role models and individualized assistance to intensive training courses for microentrepreneurs increased their household incomes, mainly through improved business practices and performances
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Placement en emploi et effets de déplacement

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avril 1, 2013
La mise en place, dans dix régions françaises, d’un accompagnement auprès de jeunes demandeurs d’emploi diplômés du supérieur a permis à ces derniers de trouver du travail plus rapidement. Cependant, cette amélioration s’est opérée au détriment de ceux n’ayant pas bénéficié de cet accompagnement, et...