Poverty alleviation strategies under informality: Evidence for Latin America
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- Martin Caruso Bloeck & Sebastian Galiani & Federico Weinschelbaum, 2019. "Poverty alleviation strategies under informality: evidence for Latin America," Latin American Economic Review, Springer;Centro de Investigaciòn y Docencia Económica (CIDE), vol. 28(1), pages 1-40, December.
- Martín Caruso & Sebastian Galiani & Federico Weinschelbaum, 2019. "Poverty Alleviation Strategies Under Informality: Evidence for Latin America," NBER Working Papers 26339, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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Keywords
Poverty; inequality; means testing; proxy means testing; Latin America and the Caribbean;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J38 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Public Policy
- I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DEV-2019-11-11 (Development)
- NEP-IUE-2019-11-11 (Informal and Underground Economics)
- NEP-LAM-2019-11-11 (Central and South America)
- NEP-LMA-2019-11-11 (Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages)
- NEP-LTV-2019-11-11 (Unemployment, Inequality and Poverty)
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