explore targeting, poverty and employability effects of workfare before 2002 based on the permanent household survey (EPH). We … beneficial short run poverty effects. However, the long run effects of the program are not obvious due to selection on treatment …

In Latin America, labor markets have been the main channel through which growth has reduced poverty, with higher labor … income accounting for 49 percent of the reduction in poverty in 2008?13. Understanding labor markets is critical to designing … policies and programs aimed at reducing poverty. With close to 70 percent of the population under age 30 years, labor markets …

the evidence on what interventions work, and whether stimulating employment promotes social stability. Skills training and … microfinance have shown little impact on poverty or stability, especially relative to program cost. In contrast, injections of … capital -- cash, capital goods, or livestock -- seem to stimulate self-employment and raise long term earning potential, often …

a nexus between poverty unorganized sector employment and state's apathy towards the workers. Finally the paper reflects …

‘Poverty and the Labour Market in Indonesia: Employment Trends across the Wealth Distribution', is among Indonesia …'s first papers on the relationship between poverty and the labour market. It provides a detailed analysis of employment … indicators (labour force participation rates, hours worked, and type and sector of employment) for the period 2000-2012 across …

This paper studies the impact of migration on poverty, expenditures, and labor market outcomes in Nepal. Between 2001 …-in-difference methods. The findings show that increases in migration to Gulf-Malaysia explain 40 percent of the decline in poverty between …