Document Type: Project Paper Report No.: RES35745 Document Date: FEB 18, 2019

Author: Schrijver,Hermanus Johannes Marc Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Procurement Plan Report No.: STEP17466 Document Date: FEB 17, 2019

Author: Kamchybek Kadyshev Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Procurement Plan Report No.: STEP17431 Document Date: FEB 15, 2019

Author: Ahmet Anil Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Procurement Plan Report No.: STEP17434 Document Date: FEB 15, 2019

Author: Teodosijevic,Nada Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Procurement Plan Report No.: STEP17442 Document Date: FEB 15, 2019

Author: Grisha Hovhannisyan Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Implementation Status and Results Report Report No.: ISR35752 Document Date: FEB 15, 2019

Author: Nellemann,Soren Disclosure Status: Disclosed

This paper explores the effects of a large increase in the national minimum wage in Turkey on firms’ exit rates from the formal economy. The analysis exploits a unique, linked employer-employee panel data set of the universe of registered firms in all sectors of the economy. ... See More + The causal impact of the minimum wage hike is estimated by using pre-policy information on the full distribution of wages in registered firms as a measure of exposure to treatment, and by implementing a difference-in-difference estimation strategy. The minimum wage hike is found to increase firms’ exit rates from the formal economy by 12 percent. This suggests that firm exits attributable to the minimum wage hike could account for up to one-third of the total formal employment destruction that occurred between 2015 and 2016. The minimum wage effect on exit rates is found to be larger among firms with low productivity levels before the policy change, and in sectors where profit margins are low. A range of placebo tests and robustness checks indicate that these findings are not driven by trends in unobservable characteristics correlated with exposure to the minimum wage hike.  See Less -

Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS8749 Document Date: FEB 15, 2019

Author: Acar,Aysenur; Bossavie,Laurent Loic Yves; Makovec,Mattia Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Procurement Plan Report No.: STEP17360 Document Date: FEB 14, 2019

Author: Berik Berkimbayev Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Environmental and Social Review Summary Report No.: ESRSC00190 Document Date: FEB 14, 2019

Author: Kochnakyan,Artur Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Procurement Plan Report No.: 134681 Document Date: FEB 14, 2019

Disclosure Status: Disclosed