Is a Guaranteed Living Wage a Good Anti-Poverty Policy?

Is a Guaranteed Living Wage a Good Anti-Poverty Policy?

Minimum wages are generally thought to be unenforceable in developing rural economies. But there is one solution - a workfare scheme in which the government acts as the employer of last resort. Is this a cost-effective policy against poverty? Using a microeconometric model of the casual labor market...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Murgai, Rinku, Ravallion, Martin
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS
AUDITS
CASH TRANSFERS
CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES
COST EFFECTIVENESS
COUNTERFACTUAL
DEMOGRAPHICS
DISCLOSURE
EGS
ELASTICITIES
EMPLOYMENT
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
INCOME
INEQUALITY
INFLATION
LABOR FORCE
LABOR INPUTS
LABOR MARKETS
LABOR SUPPLY
MINIMUM WAGES
PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
POLICY MAKERS
POLICY RESEARCH
POOR
POVERTY GAP INDEX
POVERTY LINE
POVERTY LINES
POVERTY MEASURES
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRODUCTIVITY
PUBLIC WORKS
RURAL POVERTY
SELECTION BIAS
SOCIAL SERVICES
SQUARED POVERTY GAP INDEX
TARGETED TRANSFERS
TARGETING
TRANSFER PROGRAMS
UNEMPLOYMENT
WAGE RATES
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/06/5866369/guaranteed-living-wage-good-anti-poverty-policy
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8188

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/06/5866369/guaranteed-living-wage-good-anti-poverty-policy
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8188

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