Is workfare cost-effective against poverty in a poor labor-surplus economy? (English)

Workfare schemes impose work requirements on beneficiaries. This has seemed an attractive idea for self-targeting transfers to poor people. This incentive argument does not imply, however, that workfare is more cost-effective against poverty than even poorly-targeted options, given hidden costs of participation. In particular, even poor workfare participants in a labor-surplus economy can be expected to have some forgone income when they take up such...

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Murgai,Rinku;

Ravallion,Martin;

Van De Walle,Dominique;
Document Date
2013/10/01
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS6673
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
India,
Region
South Asia,
Disclosure Date
2013/10/01
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Disclosed
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Is workfare cost-effective against poverty in a poor labor-surplus economy?
Keywords
per capita consumption level

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Murgai,Rinku; Ravallion,Martin; Van De Walle,Dominique.

Is workfare cost-effective against poverty in a poor labor-surplus economy? (English). Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 6673 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/922511468269114807

Is workfare cost-effective against poverty in a poor labor-surplus economy? (English)

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