Jobs and Transitions Out of Poverty : A Literature Review

This paper summarizes the existing literature on the links between labor and poverty reduction. The vast majority of studies find that more and better paid work is critical in lifting people out of poverty. Studies analyzing poverty dynamics and economic mobility find that improved returns to endowm...

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Main Author:	Inchauste, Gabriela
Language:	en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	Poverty dynamics Economic mobility Labor market Work
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12135

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spelling	okr-10986-121352021-04-23T14:02:59Z Jobs and Transitions Out of Poverty : A Literature Review Inchauste, Gabriela Poverty dynamics Economic mobility Labor market Work This paper summarizes the existing literature on the links between labor and poverty reduction. The vast majority of studies find that more and better paid work is critical in lifting people out of poverty. Studies analyzing poverty dynamics and economic mobility find that improved returns to endowments, particularly the returns to human and physical capital, are critical for exiting poverty. Although non-labor incomes and demographic changes can help to lift the poor out of poverty, there is no substitute for providing an enabling environment that fosters better work and pay for the poor. 2013-01-18T17:21:52Z 2013-01-18T17:21:52Z 2012-10 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12135 en_US Background Paper for the World Development Report 2013; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC
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spellingShingle	Poverty dynamics Economic mobility Labor market Work Inchauste, Gabriela Jobs and Transitions Out of Poverty : A Literature Review
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description	This paper summarizes the existing literature on the links between labor and poverty reduction. The vast majority of studies find that more and better paid work is critical in lifting people out of poverty. Studies analyzing poverty dynamics and economic mobility find that improved returns to endowments, particularly the returns to human and physical capital, are critical for exiting poverty. Although non-labor incomes and demographic changes can help to lift the poor out of poverty, there is no substitute for providing an enabling environment that fosters better work and pay for the poor.
author	Inchauste, Gabriela
author_facet	Inchauste, Gabriela
author_sort	Inchauste, Gabriela
title	Jobs and Transitions Out of Poverty : A Literature Review
title_short	Jobs and Transitions Out of Poverty : A Literature Review
title_full	Jobs and Transitions Out of Poverty : A Literature Review
title_fullStr	Jobs and Transitions Out of Poverty : A Literature Review
title_full_unstemmed	Jobs and Transitions Out of Poverty : A Literature Review
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Jobs and Transitions Out of Poverty : A Literature Review

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