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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012019685
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Labor-intensive public works programs in sub-Saharan Africa: Experiences and implications for employment policies
Sakketa, Tekalign Gutu; von Braun, Joachim - 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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012140787
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003823885
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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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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011820561
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Inter-regional project : How to strengthen social protection coverage in the context of the European Union Agenda on decent work and promoting employment in the informal economy. T...
Chandoevwit, Worawan - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
, employment in these sectors has been increasing. With the move into a modern economy, labour standards have improved. The first …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363332
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014069073
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Welfare regimes and the incentives to work and get educated
Rodriguez-Pose, Andres; Tselios, Vassilis - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
This paper examines whether differences in welfare regimes shape the incentives to work and get educated. Using microeconomic data for more than 100,000 European individuals, the results show that welfare regimes make a difference for wages and education. First, people- and household-based...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008854522
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Do changes in employment and hours worked contribute to a decreasing in the mental health of single mothers during a period of welfare reform in the UK? : a longitudinal analysis (...
Simpson, Julija; Bambra, Clare; Brown, Heather W. - 2021
We investigate the role of employment in explaining changes in the mental health of single mothers compared to … health, higher employment, and longer working hours. We estimate a Heckman selection model for employment and hours worked. A … that employment was associated with better mental health for all women. Higher job hours were associated with lower mental …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012802339
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Revitalizing the Japanese economy by socializing risk
Horioka, Charles Yuji; Kanda, Reiko - 2010
to livelihood, employment, old age, etc., and an increase in income inequality. The majority of economists and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010332497