This article offers an alternative to the traditional dualistic view of the relationship between formal and informal labor markets. It offers the first study of worker transitions between sectors using detailed panel data from Mexico and finds little evidence in favor of the dualistic view....

Conventional measures of project quality are not reliable indicators of the value of investments or employment components of emergency programs. The inclusion of these components has costs and benefits that must be somewhat subjectively weighed against those of a benchmark "smart" transfer that...