Is Workfare Cost-Effective against Poverty in a Poor Labor-Surplus Economy?

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 e...

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Main Authors:	Murgai, Rinku, Ravallion, Martin, van de Walle, Dominique
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCOUNTING ADJUSTMENT PROCESS AGRICULTURAL WAGE AGRICULTURAL WAGES ANTI-POVERTY ATTRITION AVERAGE UNEMPLOYMENT AVERAGE WAGE BARGAINING POWER CASH TRANSFERS CASUAL WORKERS CATCHMENT AREA CONSUMER PRICE INDEX COST EFFECTIVENESS COST-EFFECTIVENESS COUNTERFACTUAL DEMOCRACY DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DIVIDEND DROUGHT EARNING ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS EGS EMPLOYMENT EFFECTS EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE SCHEME EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE SCHEMES EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS FACTORING FAMINE FARM WORK FARMERS FINDING WORK FOOD SECURITY FOOD SUBSIDIES GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM GROSS WAGES HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES IMPACT ON POVERTY INCOME INCOME COUNTRIES INCOMES INFLATION JOBS LABORERS LABOUR LACK OF INFORMATION LAWS LOCAL LABOR MARKETS LOW INCOME MALE WORKERS MANPOWER MANPOWER POLICY MANUAL LABOR MARKET WAGE MARKET WAGES MINIMUM WAGE MONOPSONY MONOPSONY POWER NATIONAL INCOME NET INCOME NON-WAGE COSTS OLD AGE OPPORTUNITY COSTS OUTPUTS PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL PARTICIPATION POOR POOR FAMILIES POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PEOPLE POOR RURAL HOUSEHOLDS POST-REFORM POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY IMPACT POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY STATUS PRESENT EVIDENCE PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR WAGES PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC SPENDING PUBLIC WORKS PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAM PUBLIC WORKS SCHEMES RATION SHOPS RESOURCE ALLOCATION RIGHT TO WORK RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL ECONOMY RURAL EMPLOYMENT RURAL FARM RURAL HOUSEHOLD RURAL LABOR RURAL LABOR MARKET RURAL POOR RURAL POPULATION RURAL POVERTY RURAL PUBLIC RURAL UNEMPLOYMENT RURAL WATER RURAL WORKERS SOCIAL SECURITY TARGETING TAXATION TOTAL WAGE TOTAL WAGES TOTAL WORKERS TRANSFER BENEFITS UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES UNINTENDED BENEFICIARIES VILLAGE LEADERS WAGE BARGAINING WAGE DATA WAGE DISTRIBUTION WAGE FLOOR WAGE GAINS WAGE INCREASE WAGE RATE WAGE RATES WELFARE RECIPIENTS WOMEN WORKERS WORK ACTIVITY WORKER WORKFARE PARTICIPANTS NREGA forgone income
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Is Workfare Cost-Effective against Poverty in a Poor Labor-Surplus Economy?

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