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Job change and self-control of waste pickers: Evidence from a field experiment in the Philippines
(Business Perspectives, 2018-06-15)
Environmental policies may have a negative side effect on employment, often in a specific industry in the short run. Workers in regulated industries can be affected by losses in job-specific human capital. The informal ...
Testing of briquette production for household use by informal waste workers at the Calajunan dumpsite in Iloilo City, Philippines
(2011)
Three recommended mixtures for briquette production were tested by eight identified informal waste workers within a 10-day briquette production test at the Calajunan dumpsite in Iloilo City, Philippines. The test revealed ...
How to promote a job change of dumpsite waste pickers? Evidence from a field experiment in the Philippines
(2014-05)
Switching a waste disposal policy from open dumping to sanitary landfilling requires a job change of waste pickers. We conducted a field experiment at Iloilo in the Philippines which offers dumpsite waste pickers a new job ...