We study the role of fairness concerns in the demand for redistribution through workfare. In the first part of the … diligent have a stronger preference for workfare programs. In the second part of the paper, we incorporate our empirical …

Evaluations of workfare programs in poor rural economies have typically ignored two features that policy makers stress … methods to incorporate both features, and shows that doing so can switch the policy ranking in favor of welfare over workfare … suggested by past methods, despite a more "poor-poor" incidence. A basic-income guarantee would dominate net workfare earnings …