Social Protection Discussion Papers and Notes

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52448: Ex-ante methods to assess the impact of social insurance policies on labor supply with an application to Brazil

David Robalino, Eduardo Zylberstajn, Helio Zylberstajn and Luís Afonso

52447: How much do Latin American pension programs promise to pay back?

Alvaro Forteza and Guzmán Ourens

52446: Work histories and pension entitlements in Argentina, Chile and Uruguay

Alvaro Forteza, Ignacio Apella, Eduardo Fajnzylber, Carlos Grushka, Ianina Rossi and Graciela Sanroman

52445: Indexing pensions

John Piggott and Renuka Sane

52188: Towards comprehensive training

Jean Fares and Olga Susana Puerto

52187: A review of national training funds

Richard Johanson

52186: Pre-employment vocational education and training in Korea

ChangKyun Chae and Jaeho Chung

51698: Labor laws in Eastern European and Central Asian countries: minimum norms and practices

Arvo Kuddo

51254: Openness and technological innovation in East Asia: have they increased the demand for skills?

Rita Almeida

51253: Employment services and active labor market programs in Eastern European and Central Asian countries

Arvo Kuddo

51251: Productivity increases in SMEs: with special emphasis on in-service training of workers in Korea

Kye Lee Woo

50671: Firing cost and firm size: a study of Sri Lanka's severance pay system

Babatunde Abidoye, Peter Orazem and Milan Vodopivec

50670: Building a targeting system for Bangladesh based on proxy means testing

Iffath A. Sharif

50320: Savings for unemployment in good or bad times: options for developing countries

David Robalino, Milan Vodopivec and Andras Bodor

49802: Human trafficking, modern day slavery, and economic exploitation

Johannes Koettl

49174: Social protection for migrants from the Pacific Islands in Australia and New Zealand

Geoff Woolford

49173: Unemployment insurance savings accounts in Latin America: overview and assessment

Ana Ferrer and W. Craig Riddell

49172: Definitions, good practices, and global estimates on the status of social protection for international migrants

Johanna Avato, Johannes Koettl and Rachel Sabates-Wheeler

49171: Regional overview of social protection for non-citizens in the Southern African Development Community (SADC)

Marius Olivier

49170: Introducing unemployment insurance to developing countries

Milan Vodopivec

49168: Social protection for refugees and asylum seekers in the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC)

Mpho Makhema

49167: Slavery and human trafficking international law and the role of the World Bank

Maria Fernanda Perez Solla

48567: How to make public works work: a review of the experiences

Carlo del Ninno, Kalanidhi Subbarao and Annamaria Milazzo

47679: Pension systems for the informal sector in Asia

Landis MacKellar

47357: Highly labor-intensive public works in Madagascar: issues and policy options

Nirina Andrianjaka Haja and Annamaria Milazzo

47188: Is the window of opportunity closing for Brazilian youth? Labor market trends and business cycle effects

Michael Justesen

47164: Structural educational reform: evidence from a teacher's displacement program in Armenia

Arvo Kuddo

47101: Investing for the old age: pensions, children and savings

Vincenzo Galasso, Roberta Gatti and Paola Profeta

47070: Non-performance of the severance pay program in Slovenia

Milan Vodopivec, Lilijana Madzar and Primoz Dolenc

46851: Can the introduction of a minimum wage in FYR Macedonia decrease the gender wage gap?

Diego Angel-Urdinola

46687: Can conditional cash transfer programs play a greater role in reducing child undernutrition?

Lucy Bassett

46333: Community-based risk management arrangements: an overview and implications for social fund programs

Ruchira Bhattamishra and Christopher Barrett

46306: Labor regulations in developing countries: a review of the evidence and directions for future research

Tito Boeri, Brooke Helppie and Mario Macis

46189: The incentives to invest in job training: do strict labor codes influence this decision?

Rita Almeida and Reyes Aterido

46188: The portability of pension rights: general principals and the Caribbean case

Alvaro Forteza

46175: Pension systems and reform conceptual framework

Robert Holzmann, Richard Hinz Paul and Mark Dorfman

45311: Management information systems in social safety net programs: a look at accountability and control mechanisms

Cesar Baldeon and Maria D. Arribas-Banos

45179: Social funds as an instrument of social protection: an analysis of lending trends - FY2000-2007

Samantha de Silva and June-wei Sum

45178: Disability and development in the World Bank: FY2000-2007

Jeanine Braithwaite, Richard Carroll, Daniel Mont and Karen Peffley

45051: Mandated benefits, employment, and inequality in a dual economy

Rita Almeida and Pedro Carneiro

44947: The return to firm investments in human capital

Rita Almeida and Pedro Carneiro

44927: Population aging and the labor market: the case of Sri Lanka

Milan Vodopivec and Nisha Arunatilake

44857: Levels and patterns of safety net spending in developing and transition countries

Christine Weigand and Margaret Grosh

44856: Pensions in World Bank lending and analytical work: FY2002-2007

Richard Hinz, Melike Egilmezler and Sergiy Biletsky

44780: Risk and vulnerability analysis in World Bank analytic work: FY2000-FY2007

Valerie Kozel, Pierre Fallavier and Reena Badiani

44779: China: improving unemployment insurance

Milan Vodopivec and Minna Hahn Tong

44730: Social safety nets in World Bank lending and analytical work: FY2002 - 2007

Annamaria Milazzo and Margaret Grosh

44671: Beyond disability-adjusted life years (DALYs): developing indicators to assess the impact of public health interventions on the lives of people with disabilities

Daniel Mont and Mitchell Loeb

44492: Labor regulation and employment in India's retail stores

Mohammad Amin

43675: Enforcement of labor regulation and firm size

Rita Almeida and Pedro Carneiro