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Labor market impacts of a large-scale public works program: Evidence from the Indian Employment Guarantee Scheme
Zimmermann, Laura - 2012
Recent years have seen an increasing interest in using public-works programs as anti-poverty measures in developing countries. This paper analyzes the rural labor market impacts of the Indian National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, one of the most ambitious programs of its kind, by using a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010289909
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Labor Market Impacts of a Large-Scale Public Works Program: Evidence from the Indian Employment Guarantee Scheme
Zimmermann, Laura - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Recent years have seen an increasing interest in using public-works programs as anti-poverty measures in developing countries. This paper analyzes the rural labor market impacts of the Indian National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, one of the most ambitious programs of its kind, by using a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010887068
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The Labour Supply Effect of Education Maintenance Allowance and its Implications for Parental Altruism
Holford, Angus J. - 2015
in-kind transfers from their children to a value of between 22% and 86% of what the child receives in EMA. This means we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010500320
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The Labour Supply Effect of Education Maintenance Allowance and its Implications for Parental Altruism
Holford, Angus J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
in-kind transfers from their children to a value of between 22% and 86% of what the child receives in EMA. This means we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011198533
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Child Labor Bans, Employment, and School Attendance: Evidence from Changes in the Minimum Working Age
Kozhaya, Mireille; Martínez Flores, Fernanda - 2022
This paper investigates the effect of a unique child labor ban regulation on employment and school enrollment. The ban implemented in Mexico in 2015, increased the minimum working age from 14 to 15, introduced restrictions to employ underage individuals, and imposed penalties for the violation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013177785
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Aid to Jobless Workers in Florida in the Face of the Great Recession: The Interaction of Unemployment Insurance and the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program
Heflin, Colleen M.; Mueser, Peter R. - 2013
Although many programs redistribute resources in the U.S., two program were central in providing a safety net for those facing hardship during the Great Recession: the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which grew to 47.7 million people in January 2013 - or 15.1 percent of all...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010329147
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Aid to Jobless Workers in Florida in the Face of the Great Recession: The Interaction of Unemployment Insurance and the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program
Heflin, Colleen M.; Mueser, Peter R. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Although many programs redistribute resources in the U.S., two program were central in providing a safety net for those facing hardship during the Great Recession: the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which grew to 47.7 million people in January 2013 – or 15.1 percent of all...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884246
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A Comparison of the Poverty Impact of Transfers, Taxes and Market Income across Five OECD Countries
Bibi, Sami; Duclos, Jean-Yves - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
This paper compares the poverty reduction impact of income sources, taxes and transfers across five OECD countries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822546
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The Social Tax: Redistributive Pressure and Labor Supply
Carranza, Eliana; Donald, Aletheia; Grosset, Florian; … - 2022
In low-income communities in both rich and poor countries, redistributive transfers within kin and social networks are … that across countries, from Cote d'Ivoire to the United States, social groups that undertake more interpersonal transfers … transfers do not decline, indicating no loss in redistribution. Our estimates imply a 9-14% social tax rate. The welfare …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013470506
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Does Delay Cause Decay? The Effect of Administrative Decision Time on the Labor Force Participation and Earnings of Disability Applicants
Autor, David; Maestas, Nicole; Mullen, Kathleen; … - 2015
This paper measures the causal effect of time out of the labor force on subsequent employment of Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) applicants and distinguishes it from the discouragement effect of receiving disability benefits. Using a unique Social Security Administration workload...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010481679