The most important determinant of households' livelihoods is how much they earn for their labour. People in informal … work are more likely to be low earners, to live in poverty, and to make fewer transitions into the higher-paying work …

their agency in the face of the crisis, their resilience has been as much about deepening vulnerability as about recovery …

This paper examines the measurement of social welfare, poverty and inequality taking into account features that have … the differences between standard poverty and inequality measures based on observed income and measures that are calculated …

This paper examines the impacts of the financial, food and fuel crises on the livelihoods of low-income households … engaging children in child labour, can lock households in a low-income equilibrium or poverty trap. Provided that covariate …

2018, we study how the livelihoods of Chinese workers change when transitioning to different work statuses within or … the self-employed to the wage-employed increases earnings, which improves the livelihoods of Chinese workers. …

In this paper, we examine the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the livelihoods of the poor. We use an … significant negative effects on the livelihoods of the poor in our study, with financial inflows and outflows, incomes, and …

The impact of climate change on agriculture and poor groups' livelihoods are one of the greatest potential threats to …

vulnerable to falling into poverty. In both countries, labour market resources (education and occupational status of the head … substantially more vulnerable to falling into poverty and have little chance of advancing to upper classes. …

This paper makes a set of estimates for the potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on poverty incidence, intensity …, and severity in developing countries and on the distribution of global poverty. We conclude there could be increases in … poverty of a substantial magnitude-up to 400 million new poor living under the $1.90 poverty line, over 500 million new poor …