Die Daseinsvorsorge in Deutschland basiert auf Infrastrukturen, deren Erhalt und Ausbau fortlaufende Investitionen benötigen. Dabei kann es um Abwasserrohre gehen, um die Schlaglochsanierung auf den Straßen, um Schulen oder um den Ausbau der Versorgungsnetze für erneuerbare Energien. Doch die...

A new basis for an international poverty measurement is proposed based on linear programming for specifying the least cost diet and explicit budgeting for non-food spending. This approach is superior to the World Bank’s '$-a-day' line because it is (1) clearly related to survival and well...

This manual describes a new methodology to measure a decent but basic standard of living in different countries and how much workers need to earn to afford this, making it possible for researchers to estimate comparable living wages around the world and determine gaps between living wages and...

This paper examines China?s rural minimum living standard guarantee (dibao) program, one of the largest minimum income cash transfer schemes in the world. Using household survey data matched with published administrative data, the paper describes the dibao program, estimates the program?s impact...

In the modern competitive world, the greatest asset of any organization is its “Employees”. Employee is an individual who delivers his service to the workplace where he is being employed. Today, there is a new way for reaping the best of the organization through “Employee Development”....

Despite recent calls in support of cash transfers, there is little rigorous evidence of the relative impacts of cash versus in-kind transfers, especially in humanitarian contexts, where a majority of such programs take place. This paper uses data from a randomized experiment in the Democratic...

Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Overview of the Anker living wage methodology -- Part -- I Cost of a basic but decent life for worker and family -- 3. Model diet for a living wage -- 4. Local food prices -- 5. Local housing standard for a living wage -- 6 Local cost of decent housing for a...