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Why cash transfer programs can both stimulate and slow down job finding
Mesén Vargas, Juliana; Van der Linden, Bruno - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 8 (2019) 5, pp. 1-27
This article analyzes the behavioral effects of cash transfer programs when jobless people need to have access to a minimum consumption level. Our model reconciles recent evidence about negligible or favorable effects of cash transfers on job-finding rates and the more standard view of negative...
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Has economic growth in Balkan Countries been pro-poor in the 2012-2017 period?
Zwierzchowski, Jan; Panek, Tomasz - In: Central European economic journal 9 (2022) 56, pp. 76-92
The study investigates whether economic growth in the Balkan countries was pro-poor in the most recent period. We also try to establish to what extent various measures of pro-poorness of economic growth produce consistent and comparable results. Firstly, concepts of pro-poor growth are defined...
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A survey of inclusive growth policy
Heshmati, Almas; Kim, Jungsuk; Wood, Jacob - In: Economies : open access journal 7 (2019) 3/65, pp. 1-18
Background: Since the latter part of the 20th Century, countries have been particularly challenged by the trade-off that exists between delivering generous welfare provisions and strong economic growth. Such dynamics have stimulated a need to better understand the causes of income inequality so...
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Assessing absolute and relative pro-poor growth, with an application to selected African countries
Bibi, Sami; Duclos, Jean-Yves; Verdier-Chouchane, Audrey - 2012
. It is also a procedure for testing whether poverty comparisons can be made over classes of indices that incorporate both … absolute and relative views of poverty. Besides being robust to whether pro-poor judgements should be absolute or relative, the … ranges of absolute and relative poverty lines. The test is applied to distributional changes in five middle- and four lower …
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The role of financial inclusion in improving household well-being
Sakyi-Nyarko, Carlos; Ahmad, Ahmad Hassan; Green, … - In: Journal of international development : the journal of … 34 (2022) 8, pp. 1606-1632
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Reducing inequalities and strengthening social cohesion through inclusive growth : a roadmap for action
Boarini, Romina; Causa, Orsetta; Fleurbaey, Marc; … - 2018
The authors propose a policy compact to achieve more inclusive growth in G20 countries so that economic growth regains the ultimate sense of improving all people’s lives. Guiding principles are: 1) prosperity is not just about income but about all relevant outcomes of well-being and...
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Does increasing the minimum wage reduce poverty in developing countries? : whether raising minimum wages reduces - or increases - poverty depends on the characteristics of the labo...
Gindling, Thomas - 2014
Raising the minimum wage in developing countries could increase or decrease poverty, depending on labor market … poor households. Whether raising minimum wages reduces poverty depends not only on whether formal sector workers lose jobs …
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The role of banking capital in industrial sector micro enterprises for poverty alleviation : a study in East Java, Indonesia
Purmiyati, Atik; Berma, Madeline; Talib, Basri Abdul; … - In: Foundations of Management : the journal of Warsaw … 11 (2019) 1, pp. 131-142
efficiency and other factors on the poverty status of micro entrepreneurs using logistic regression. The average technical … beverage products. The factors that influence the poverty status of micro-entrepreneurs are technical efficiency, income, KUR …
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Social security and fighting poverty in Tunisia
Khemili, Hasna; Belloumi, Mounir - In: Economies : open access journal 6 (2018) 1, pp. 1-17
The objective of this study was to examine the role of social security in fighting poverty in Metlaoui, Tunisia, using …
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The impact of remittances on poverty alleviation in selected emerging markets
Tsaurai, Kunofiwa - In: Comparative economic research : Central and Eastern Europe 21 (2018) 2, pp. 51-68
The study explored the impact of remittances on poverty in selected emerging markets. On the theoretical front, the … optimistic view argued that remittances inflow into the labour exporting country reduces poverty whereas the pessimistic view … measures of poverty [the poverty headcount ratio at US $1.90 and US $3.10 a day (% of population)] as dependent variables, the …
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