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Canelas, Carla - 2015

poverty and informality in the country, taking into account the simultaneous two-way relationship between these two phenomena …

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Welfare and the depth of informality : evidence from five African countries

Egger, Eva-Maria; Poggi, Cecilia; Gutierrez Rufrancos, … - 2021

This study explores the relationship between household poverty and depth of informality by proposing a new measure of … informality at the household level. It is defined as the share of activities (hours worked or income earned) without social …, showing that a household head informality dummy obscures a non-linear relationship between the depth of household informality …

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Marginalized Agency or Agency at the Margins: Domestic Workers and Informality

Friedman-Sokuler, Naomi; Lavee, Einat - 2025

This paper explores informality in a high income country among women who, at least legally, can take on formal jobs … informality. Using rich administrative data, we identify and characterize domestic workers and their labor market histories and … estimate the prevalence and degree of informality. We complement this analysis with a qualitative analysis of interviews with …

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Marginalized agency or agency at the margins : domestic workers and informality

Friedman-Sokuler, Naomi; Lavee, Einat - 2025

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Minimum income support systems as elements of crisis resilience in Europe

Eichhorst, Werner; Krause-Pilatus, Annabelle; Marx, Paul; … - 2023

This paper studies the role of social policies in different European welfare states regarding minimum income protection and active inclusion. The core focus lies on crisis resilience, i.e. the capacity of social policy arrangements to contain poverty and inequality and avoid exclusion before,...

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Minimum income support systems as elements of crisis resilience in Europe

Eichhorst, Werner; Krause-Pilatus, Annabelle; Marx, Paul; … - 2023

This paper studies the role and performance of social policies in different European welfare states regarding minimum income protection during periods of crisis. To achieve this goal, the paper expands its analytical focus to include other tiers of social protection, in particular upstream...

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Entrepreneurship for the poor in developing countries : well-designed entrepreneurship programs show promise for improving earnings and livelihoods of poor workers

Cho, Yoonyoung - 2015

Can entrepreneurship programs be successful labor market policies for the poor? A large share of workers in developing countries are self-employed in low-paying work or engage in low-return entrepreneurial activities that keep these workers in poverty. Entrepreneurship programs provide business...

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Dependence or constraints? : cash transfers, labor supply and the process of development

Cossío, Diego Alejandro Vera - 2017

In this study, I use the timing and eligibility criteria of a large-scale conditional cash transfer program in Bolivian public schools to identify the efect of the program on adults’ labor supply. I find that adult females increase their labor supply due to the program, mostly through...

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Self-Help and Mutual Aid in Deprived Urban Neighbourhoods : Some Lessons from Southampton

Williams, Colin - 2015

This paper evaluates self-help and mutual aid as tools for tackling social exclusion and promoting social cohesion in deprived urban neighbourhoods. Highlighting the rationales for using self-help and mutual aid to combat social exclusion and cohesion and then drawing upon case-study evidence...

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Big Data y Algoritmos para la Medición de la Pobreza y el Desarrollo

Sosa Escudero, Walter - 2023

Eritrea es un pequeño país del noreste de África, al que casi todos los rankings ubican entre los tres más pobres del mundo. Eritrea hace 30 años que no tiene un censo (Jerven, 2013). Eritrea es como un hipertenso severo que no puede medirse la presión, que no puede consultar a un médico....

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