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Does workfare work well? : the case of the Employment Generation Program for the Poorest in Bangladesh
Cho, Yoonyoung; Ruthbah, Ummul - 2018
Evidence on the effectiveness of workfare as an anti-poverty program in developing countries is weak compared with the … evidence building by examining the impact of a large-scale workfare program in Bangladesh, the Employment Generation Program …'s efficiency. Moreover, further evidence is required on the impacts of work experience through workfare on subsequent labor market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011845689
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Income support for non-covered workers during COVID-19: A review of policy responses
Marx, Paul; Eichhorst, Werner; Rinne, Ulf; Brunner, Johannes - 2022
This paper provides an overview on the income support measures for non-covered workers implemented in response to the COVID-19 crisis, describing the collection of measures and policies in place in each selected country. This document provides a comparative overview of the different measures...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014320007
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Income support for non-covered workers during COVID-19 : a review of policy responses
Marx, Paul; Eichhorst, Werner; Rinne, Ulf; Brunner, Johannes - 2022
This paper provides an overview on the income support measures for non-covered workers implemented in response to the COVID-19 crisis, describing the collection of measures and policies in place in each selected country. This document provides a comparative overview of the different measures...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013357198
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Labour Market Performance, Income Inequality and Poverty in OECD countries
Burniaux, Jean-Marc; Padrini, Flavio; Brandt, Nicola - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2006
There have been concerns that employment-enhancing reforms along the lines of the 1994 OECD Jobs Strategy could inadvertently lead to increased income inequality and poverty. This paper focuses on the impact of institutions and redistributive policies on inequality and poverty with the view of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005046261
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Household Wealth and Heterogeneous Impacts of a Market-Based Training Program: The Case of PROJOVEN in Peru
Galdo, Jose; Jaramillo, Miguel; Montalva, Veronica - Partenariat en Politiques Économiques (PEP), … - 2008
This paper analyzes the relationship between households' wealth and heterogeneous treatment impacts for a market-based training program that has benefited more than 40,000 disadvantaged individuals in Peru since 1996. We proxy long-run wealth by a linear index based on 21 households assets, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005696368
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Does Workfare Work Well? The Case of the Employment Generation Program for the Poorest in Bangladesh
Cho, Yoon Y.; Ruthbah, Ummul - 2018
Evidence on the effectiveness of workfare as an anti-poverty program in developing countries is weak compared with the … evidence building by examining the impact of a large-scale workfare program in Bangladesh, the Employment Generation Program …'s efficiency. Moreover, further evidence is required on the impacts of work experience through workfare on subsequent labor market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011873477
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Are Lone Mothers Responsive to Policy Changes? The Effects of a Norwegian Workfare Reform on Earnings, Education, and Poverty
Pronzato, Chiara; Mogstad, Magne - 2008
and high welfare dependency, such as lone mothers, were vastly overrepresented among the poor. This motivated a workfare … once. We find that the workfare reform did not only increase earnings and education as well as lower welfare caseloads and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011968303
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Safety net for India's poor or waste of public funds? : poverty and welfare in the wake of the World's Largest Job Guarantee Program
Klonner, Stefan; Oldiges, Christian - 2014
This paper examines the effects of India's Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, currently the world's largest public employment program, on household consumption and poverty rates in rural India. Combining regionally coded data from consumption surveys with information on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010362904
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Are Lone Mothers Responsive to Policy Changes? The Effects of a Norwegian Workfare Reform on Earnings, Education, and Poverty
Mogstad, Magne; Pronzato, Chiara - Statistisk Sentralbyrå, Government of Norway - 2008
and high welfare dependency, such as lone mothers, were vastly overrepresented among the poor. This motivated a workfare … once. We find that the workfare reform did not only increase earnings and education as well as lower welfare caseloads and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004980681
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Workfare as an effective way to fight poverty : the case of India's NREGS
Ravi, Shamika; Engler, Monika - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 67 (2015), pp. 57-71
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