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dc.titlePoverty Alleviation Strategies under Informality: Evidence for Latin America
dc.contributor.authorCaruso Bloeck, Martín
dc.contributor.authorGaliani, Sebastián
dc.contributor.authorWeinschelbaum, Federico
dc.contributor.orgunitOffice of Strategic Planning and Development Effectiveness
dc.coverageLatin America and the Caribbean
dc.date.available2018-12-12T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2018-12-12T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractThis paper studies the relative effectiveness of these and other mechanisms by way of a formal model in which workers choose between job opportunities in the formal and informal sectors. Although the means testing mechanism allows for a more pro-poor design of transfers, it distorts labor decisions made by workers.
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0001484
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/2018DEC7-Poverty-alleviation-strategies-under-informality.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectPoverty Level
dc.subjectEquality
dc.subjectInformal Labor
dc.subject.jelcodeI38 - Government Policy • Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
dc.subject.jelcodeJ38 - Public Policy
dc.typeTechnical Notes
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