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Transferencias Monetarias, Pobreza y Desigualdad en América Latina y el Caribe
Stampini, Marco; Medellín, Nadin; Ibarrarán, Pablo - 2023
Evaluamos los sistemas de transferencias monetarias no contributivas en 17 países de América Latina y el Caribe para identificar factores que les impiden reducir la pobreza y la desigualdad. Para realizar esta evaluación, analizamos tres dimensiones de tamaño (número de beneficiarios,...
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Labor-intensive public works programs in sub-Saharan Africa : experiences and implications for employment policies
Sakketa, Tekalign Gutu; Braun, Joachim von - 2019
employment generation in addition to their protective role such as consumption smoothening. The paper reviews evidence on the … employment generation. Based on our review complemented with secondary data analyses, we conclude that in addition to their role … outcomes and thus enhance employment creation. Yet we also find that more systematic investigations on shortterm implementation …
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Social security strategies and redistributive effects in European social transfer systems
Kraus, Margit - 2000
This paper evaluates the linkage between social security strategies and redistributive effects in EU social transfer systems. It is argued that the various European systems produce different patterns of redistribution that may be explained by the adoption of different mixes of social security...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013428345
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Social security strategies and redistributive effects in European social transfer systems
Kraus, Margit - 2000
This paper evaluates the linkage between social security strategies and redistributive effects in EU social transfer systems. It is argued that the various European systems produce different patterns of redistribution that may be explained by the adoption of different mixes of social security...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011444890
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Labor market participation: the impact of social benefits in the Czech Republic
Fialová, Kamila; Mysíková, Martina - 2009
This paper aims to quantify the impact of social benefits on labor market participation in the Czech Republic. It applies the logistic regression to estimate the probability of labor market participation depending on social benefits related to net wage of the individuals, controlling for...
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How do income-support systems in the UK affect labour force participation?
Brewer, Mike - 2009
. Compared with the EU, the UK has high employment rates, but a high proportion of non-workers say that they are not working …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003912101
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Income support, (un-)employment and well-being
Hetschko, Clemens; Schöb, Ronnie; Wolf, Tobias - 2016
analyze transitions of workers between unemployment, regular employment and employment accompanied by welfare receipt. Working …. Our findings allow us to draw cautious conclusions on employment subsidies paid as welfare benefits. …
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Cash transfers and female labor force participation : the case of AUH in Argentina
Garganta, Santiago; Gasparini, Leonardo; Marchionni, Mariana - In: IZA journal of labor policy 6 (2017) 10, pp. 1-22
heterogeneity of the effect depending on woman’s education, husband’s employment status, number and age of children, and whether the …
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Testing Vietnam's Public Safety Net
van de Walle, Dominique P. - 2004
An effective public safety net can be important in a poor transition economy such as Vietnam. Yet we know very little about the performance of existing public transfers as a safety net. Using panel data, the paper investigates whether Vietnam's main social welfare programs promoted poor people...
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Ungleichheit : Gift für den gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt und für die repräsentative Demokratie : Zeitgespräch
Butterwegge, Christoph - In: Wirtschaftsdienst : Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik 104 (2024) 7, pp. 453-456
The socio-economic inequality that has been growing for some time now is poison for social cohesion and representative democracy. In order to break through the indifference that still prevails towards socio-economic inequality and make more equality possible, people must become aware that the...
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