Did Latvia's Public Works Program Mitigate the Impact of the 2008-2010 Crisis?

To mitigate the impact of the 2008-2010 global financial crisis on vulnerable households, the Government of Latvia established Workplaces with Stipends, an emergency public works program that targeted registered unemployed people who were not recei...

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Main Authors:	Azam, Mehtabul, Ferré, Céline, Ajwad, Mohamed Ihsan
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCOUNTING ACTIVE EMPLOYMENT ACTIVE LABOUR ACTIVE LABOUR MARKET AGGREGATE INCOME ANTI-POVERTY PROGRAM ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS BENEFICIARIES BENEFICIARY CONTROL GROUPS COPING STRATEGIES COUNTERFACTUAL COUNTERFACTUAL OUTCOME COVARIATE SHOCKS DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPLOYABILITY EMPLOYMENT MEASURE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYMENT STATUS ENVIRONMENTAL CLEAN-UP FAMILY BENEFIT FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL SUPPORT GROSS WAGE HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RATES HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD INCOMES HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME IMPACTS INTERVENTION JOB LOSS JOB LOSSES LABOR DEMAND LABOR FORCE LABOR INTENSITY LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET CONDITIONS LABOR MARKET IMPACT LABOR-INTENSIVE WORKS LABOUR LABOUR MARKET LAYOFFS LEAKAGE OF BENEFITS MACROECONOMIC CRISIS MATCHING METHODS MINIMUM INCOME NATURAL DISASTER NET JOB CREATION PENSION PER CAPITA INCOME POLITICAL SUPPORT POOR POVERTY LINE POVERTY RATES PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITIES PROGRAM CONDITIONAL PROGRAM EVALUATION PROGRAM IMPACTS PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE PUBLIC WORK PUBLIC WORKS PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAM PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS PUBLIC-WORKS PUBLIC-WORKS EMPLOYMENT RISING UNEMPLOYMENT RISING UNEMPLOYMENT RATES SAFETY SAFETY NET SAFETY NETS SAMPLE SIZE SCHOOL MEALS SEASONAL LABOR SELECTION BIAS SICKNESS BENEFIT SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL COHESION SOCIAL FUND SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SAFETY NET SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIAL TRANSFERS SOCIAL WELFARE TARGETING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT TEMPORARY JOB TEMPORARY JOBS TRAINING COMPONENT TRANSFER BENEFITS TREATMENT EFFECTS UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE UNEMPLOYED PERSONS UNEMPLOYED POPULATION UNEMPLOYED WORKERS UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE FUND UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS VULNERABLE PEOPLE WORK PROGRAM WORK REQUIREMENT WORKER WORKERS WORKFARE WORKS PROGRAM WORKS PROJECTS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/07/16530330/latvias-public-works-program-mitigate-impact-2008-2010-crisis http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11999

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Did Latvia's Public Works Program Mitigate the Impact of the 2008-2010 Crisis?

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