Employment contributes to reduce the risk of poverty. Through a randomized controlled trial, we evaluate the impact of … a conditional cash transfer program (CCT) to low-income families with dependent children on household members' labor …

Employment helps reduce the risk of poverty. Through a randomized controlled trial, we evaluate the impact of a … conditional cash transfer (CCT) program to low-income families with dependent children on household members' labor supply …

This paper analyses the impacts of indirect tax policy reforms on income distribution and poverty in Tanzania by … government tax revenue and a neutral effect on income distribution and poverty. The results of the second reform find a positive … effect on household income distribution and consumption. The findings show that, despite increasing unequal income …

Proponents of a basic income (BI) claim that it could bring significant reductions in financial poverty, on top of many … comparative two-country setting, we show that the potential poverty-reducing impact of BI strongly depends on exactly how and …-economic context in which it is introduced. Some versions of BI could potentially help to reduce poverty but always at a significant …

- better cushions the poverty effects of income shocks in a developing economy. We compare the effectiveness of the three … benefit schemes on poverty first conceptually and then by considering two different crisis scenarios, the COVID-19 pandemic … the proxy-means-tested benefits are the most effective in reducing the poverty gap index, a simple categorical benefit is …