variety of objectives including skills training, temporary subsidized employment, and mentoring. WorkFirst’s objective is to … pressure on wage rates, which then in turn reduces welfare dependency. We analyze the working decision as it is related to …

sales returns. Enterprises that employ more than one worker, on the average, cut employment significantly during the slowest … months as compared to employment in the busiest months. Thus a link is established between income insecurity and job … insecurity which deters the informal enterprises from increasing permanent employment and hence remains small overtime. Instead …