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When Job Earnings Are Behind Poverty Reduction

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dc.contributor.authorInchauste, Gabriela
dc.contributor.authorAzevedo, João Pedro
dc.contributor.authorOlivieri, Sergio
dc.contributor.authorSaavedra, Jaime
dc.contributor.authorWinkler, Hernan
dc.date.accessioned2014-02-18T19:53:17Z
dc.date.available2014-02-18T19:53:17Z
dc.date.issued2012-11
dc.description.abstractImprovement 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.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/11/16959868/job-earnings-behind-poverty-reduction
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/17067
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/17067
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesEconomic premise;no. 97
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
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dc.subjectABSOLUTE POVERTY
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL WORKERS
dc.subjectCARIBBEAN REGION
dc.subjectCAS
dc.subjectCHANGES IN POVERTY
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION POVERTY
dc.subjectCOUNTERFACTUAL
dc.subjectDECLINE IN POVERTY
dc.subjectDEVELOPING WORLD
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT GOALS
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
dc.subjectDISTRIBUTIONAL CHANGES
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectECONOMIC POLICY
dc.subjectECONOMICS
dc.subjectEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT STATUS
dc.subjectEXTREME POVERTY
dc.subjectFAMILY MEMBERS
dc.subjectFARM INCOME
dc.subjectFINANCIAL CRISIS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD INCOME
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SIZE
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD WELFARE
dc.subjectHUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subjectINCOME DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectINEQUALITY
dc.subjectLABOR FORCE
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET
dc.subjectNATIONAL POVERTY
dc.subjectNATIONAL POVERTY HEADCOUNT
dc.subjectNONFARM INCOME
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectPOOR
dc.subjectPOVERTY CHANGES
dc.subjectPOVERTY DYNAMICS
dc.subjectPOVERTY FRONT
dc.subjectPOVERTY HEADCOUNT RATES
dc.subjectPOVERTY IMPACT
dc.subjectPOVERTY LINE
dc.subjectPOVERTY LINES
dc.subjectPOVERTY MEASURES
dc.subjectPOVERTY OUTCOMES
dc.subjectPOVERTY RATE
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subjectPRIVATE TRANSFERS
dc.subjectQUALITY OF PUBLIC SERVICES
dc.subjectREDUCING POVERTY
dc.subjectREDUCTION IN POVERTY
dc.subjectSECTORAL COMPOSITION
dc.subjectSOCIAL POLICIES
dc.subjectSOCIAL PROTECTION
dc.titleWhen Job Earnings Are Behind Poverty Reductionen
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okr.date.disclosure2012-11-15
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-29T09:36:03.969710Z
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okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/11/16959868/job-earnings-behind-poverty-reduction
okr.globalpracticeMacroeconomics and Fiscal Management
okr.globalpracticePoverty
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okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000333037_20121114233210
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum16959868
okr.identifier.report73663
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okr.topicServices and Transfers to Poor
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Rural Poverty Reduction
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Regional Economic Development
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Achieving Shared Growth
okr.topicPoverty Monitoring and Analysis
okr.unitPoverty, Gender and Equity Group (LCSPP)
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