When Job Earnings Are Behind Poverty Reduction
Improvement in labor market conditions has been the main explanation behind many of the poverty success stories observed in the last decade, that is the primary conclusion of an analysis of changes in poverty by income source. Changes in labor earn...
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okr-10986-170672021-04-23T14:03:33Z When Job Earnings Are Behind Poverty Reduction Inchauste, Gabriela Azevedo, João Pedro Olivieri, Sergio Saavedra, Jaime Winkler, Hernan ABSOLUTE POVERTY AGRICULTURAL WORKERS CARIBBEAN REGION CAS CHANGES IN POVERTY CONSUMPTION POVERTY COUNTERFACTUAL DECLINE IN POVERTY DEVELOPING WORLD DEVELOPMENT GOALS DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH DISTRIBUTIONAL CHANGES ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMICS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPLOYMENT STATUS EXTREME POVERTY FAMILY MEMBERS FARM INCOME FINANCIAL CRISIS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME DISTRIBUTION INEQUALITY LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET NATIONAL POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY HEADCOUNT NONFARM INCOME POLICY RESEARCH POOR POVERTY CHANGES POVERTY DYNAMICS POVERTY FRONT POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATES POVERTY IMPACT POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY OUTCOMES POVERTY RATE POVERTY REDUCTION PRIVATE TRANSFERS QUALITY OF PUBLIC SERVICES REDUCING POVERTY REDUCTION IN POVERTY SECTORAL COMPOSITION SOCIAL POLICIES SOCIAL PROTECTION Improvement in labor market conditions has been the main explanation behind many of the poverty success stories observed in the last decade, that is the primary conclusion of an analysis of changes in poverty by income source. Changes in labor earnings were the largest contributor to poverty reduction for a sample of 16 countries where poverty increased substantially. In 10 of these countries, labor income explained more than half of the change in poverty, and in another 4 countries, it accounted for more than 40 percent of the reduction in poverty. A declining dependency rate accounts for over a fifth of the reduction in poverty in 10 out of 16 countries, while transfers and other non-earned incomes account for more than a quarter of the reduction in poverty in 9 of these countries. A further decomposition of the contribution of labor income to poverty reduction in Bangladesh, Peru, and Thailand found that changes in individual characteristics (education, work experience, and region of residence) were important, but that overall, increases in real earnings among the poor matter the most. 2014-02-18T19:53:17Z 2014-02-18T19:53:17Z 2012-11 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/11/16959868/job-earnings-behind-poverty-reduction http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17067 English en_US Economic premise;no. 97 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research |
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ABSOLUTE POVERTY AGRICULTURAL WORKERS CARIBBEAN REGION CAS CHANGES IN POVERTY CONSUMPTION POVERTY COUNTERFACTUAL DECLINE IN POVERTY DEVELOPING WORLD DEVELOPMENT GOALS DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH DISTRIBUTIONAL CHANGES ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMICS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPLOYMENT STATUS EXTREME POVERTY FAMILY MEMBERS FARM INCOME FINANCIAL CRISIS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME DISTRIBUTION INEQUALITY LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET NATIONAL POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY HEADCOUNT NONFARM INCOME POLICY RESEARCH POOR POVERTY CHANGES POVERTY DYNAMICS POVERTY FRONT POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATES POVERTY IMPACT POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY OUTCOMES POVERTY RATE POVERTY REDUCTION PRIVATE TRANSFERS QUALITY OF PUBLIC SERVICES REDUCING POVERTY REDUCTION IN POVERTY SECTORAL COMPOSITION SOCIAL POLICIES SOCIAL PROTECTION |
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ABSOLUTE POVERTY AGRICULTURAL WORKERS CARIBBEAN REGION CAS CHANGES IN POVERTY CONSUMPTION POVERTY COUNTERFACTUAL DECLINE IN POVERTY DEVELOPING WORLD DEVELOPMENT GOALS DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH DISTRIBUTIONAL CHANGES ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMICS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPLOYMENT STATUS EXTREME POVERTY FAMILY MEMBERS FARM INCOME FINANCIAL CRISIS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME DISTRIBUTION INEQUALITY LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET NATIONAL POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY HEADCOUNT NONFARM INCOME POLICY RESEARCH POOR POVERTY CHANGES POVERTY DYNAMICS POVERTY FRONT POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATES POVERTY IMPACT POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY OUTCOMES POVERTY RATE POVERTY REDUCTION PRIVATE TRANSFERS QUALITY OF PUBLIC SERVICES REDUCING POVERTY REDUCTION IN POVERTY SECTORAL COMPOSITION SOCIAL POLICIES SOCIAL PROTECTION Inchauste, Gabriela Azevedo, João Pedro Olivieri, Sergio Saavedra, Jaime Winkler, Hernan When Job Earnings Are Behind Poverty Reduction |
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Improvement in labor market conditions
has been the main explanation behind many of the poverty
success stories observed in the last decade, that is the
primary conclusion of an analysis of changes in poverty by
income source. Changes in labor earnings were the largest
contributor to poverty reduction for a sample of 16
countries where poverty increased substantially. In 10 of
these countries, labor income explained more than half of
the change in poverty, and in another 4 countries, it
accounted for more than 40 percent of the reduction in
poverty. A declining dependency rate accounts for over a
fifth of the reduction in poverty in 10 out of 16 countries,
while transfers and other non-earned incomes account for
more than a quarter of the reduction in poverty in 9 of
these countries. A further decomposition of the contribution
of labor income to poverty reduction in Bangladesh, Peru,
and Thailand found that changes in individual
characteristics (education, work experience, and region of
residence) were important, but that overall, increases in
real earnings among the poor matter the most. |
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Publications & Research :: Brief |
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Inchauste, Gabriela Azevedo, João Pedro Olivieri, Sergio Saavedra, Jaime Winkler, Hernan |
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Inchauste, Gabriela Azevedo, João Pedro Olivieri, Sergio Saavedra, Jaime Winkler, Hernan |
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Inchauste, Gabriela |
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When Job Earnings Are Behind Poverty Reduction |
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When Job Earnings Are Behind Poverty Reduction |
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When Job Earnings Are Behind Poverty Reduction |
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When Job Earnings Are Behind Poverty Reduction |
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When Job Earnings Are Behind Poverty Reduction |
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when job earnings are behind poverty reduction |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2014 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/11/16959868/job-earnings-behind-poverty-reduction http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17067 |
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