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Working Paper No. 570
July 23, 2009
From Unpaid to Paid Care Work
AbstractThis paper considers public employment guarantee programs in the context of South Africa as a means to address the nexus of poverty, unemployment, and unpaid work burdens—all factors exacerbated by HIV/AIDS. It further discusses the need for genderinformed public job creation in areas that mitigate the “time-tax” burdens of women, and examines a South African […]
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Policy Notes
June 16, 2009
Special Report: Who Gains from President Obama’s Stimulus Package … And How Much?
AbstractIn this Special Report, Levy scholars Ajit Zacharias, Thomas Masterson, and Kijong Kim provide a preliminary assessment of the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), a package of transfers and tax cuts that is expected to provide relief to low-income and vulnerable households especially hurt by the economic crisis, while at the same time […]
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Public Policy Brief No. 101
June 09, 2009
Promoting Gender Equality through Stimulus Packages and Public Job Creation
AbstractBeyond loss of income, joblessness is associated with greater poverty, marginalization, and social exclusion; the current global crisis is clearly not helping. In this new Public Policy Brief, Research Scholar Rania Antonopoulos explores the impact of both joblessness and employment expansion on poverty, paying particular attention to the gender aspects of poverty and poverty-reducing public […]
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Working Paper No. 568
June 04, 2009
Distributional Impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
AbstractOver the last two decades, those at the bottom of the income scale have seen their incomes stagnate, while those at the top have seen theirs skyrocket; without intervention, the recession that began in December 2007 was likely to exacerbate this trend. Will the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) be able to […]
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Working Paper No. 566
May 20, 2009
Caste and Wealth Inequality in India
AbstractIn this paper, we conduct the novel exercise of analyzing the relationship between overall wealth inequality and caste divisions in India using nationally representative surveys on household wealth conducted during 1991–92 and 2002–03. According to our findings, the groups in India that are generally considered disadvantaged (known as Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes) have, as […]
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Working Paper No. 562
May 08, 2009
The Current Economic and Financial Crisis
AbstractWidespread economic recessions and protracted financial crises have been documented as setting back gender equality and other development goals in the past. In the midst of the current global crisis—often referred to as “the Great Recession”—there is grave concern that progress made in poverty reduction and women’s equality will be reversed. Indeed, for many developing […]
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Working Paper No. 560
April 06, 2009
The Social and Economic Importance of Full Employment
AbstractUnemployment was singled out by John Maynard Keynes as one of the principle faults of capitalism; the other is excessive inequality. Obviously, there is some link between these two faults: since most people living in capitalist economies must work for wages as a major source of their incomes, the inability to obtain a job means […]
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Policy Notes No. 1
January 22, 2009
Obama’s Job Creation Promise
AbstractJob creation is once again at the forefront of policy action, and for advocates of pro-employment policies, President Obama’s Keynesian bent is a most welcome change. However, there are concerns that Obama’s plan simply does not go far enough, and that a large-scale public investment program may face shortages of skilled labor, put upward pressure […]
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Working Paper No. 527
January 25, 2008
Financing Job Guarantee Schemes by Oil Revenue
AbstractIran’s constitution emphasizes social justice and obliges government to provide a job for every citizen. But in fact, the government’s duty to provide jobs has shifted to government support for a measure designed to create new employment opportunities through subsidized loans to the private sector. This policy has not been successful to date, and the […]
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Research Project Report No. 34
January 02, 2008
Joint Project of UNDP and Levy Institute on Public Employment
AbstractJoint UNDP—Levy Institute Study Focuses on Employment Guarantee Strategies The recent financial turmoil has brought with it worldwide acceptance of the fact that, when markets fail, government intervention is indispensable. One manifestation of market failure, within the sphere of production, is the inability of private sector investment to absorb surplus labor. In such instances, government […]
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Working Paper No. 517
October 23, 2007
What Are the Relative Macroeconomic Merits and Environmental Impacts of Direct Job Creation and Basic Income Guarantees?
AbstractThere is a body of literature that favors universal and unconditional public assurance policies over those that are targeted and means-tested. Two such proposals—the basic income proposal and job guarantees—are discussed here. The paper evaluates the impact of each program on macroeconomic stability, arguing that direct job creation has inherent stabilization features that are lacking […]
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Working Paper No. 516
September 21, 2007
The Right to a Job, the Right Types of Projects
AbstractThere is now widespread recognition that in most countries, private-sector investment has not been able to absorb surplus labor. This is all the more the case for poor unskilled people. Public works programs and employment guarantee schemes in South Africa, India, and other countries provide jobs while creating public assets. In addition to physical infrastructure, […]
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Working Paper No. 498
May 09, 2007
Employment Guarantee Programs
AbstractThis working paper provides a survey of the theoretical underpinnings for the various employment guarantee schemes, and discusses full employment policy experiences in the United States, Sweden, India, Argentina, and France. The theoretical and policy developments are delineated in a historical context. The paper concludes by identifying some questions that still need to be addressed […]
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