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How Fair is Workfare? Gender, Public Works, and Employment in Rural Ethiopia

The authors use the Ethiopian Rural Household Survey to examine the gender dimensions of public works. They use three rounds of a panel conducted in 1994-95 to explore the determinants of participation in, days worked, wages, and earnings from wage labor, food-for-work (FFW), and self-employment. Th...

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Main Authors:	Quisumbing, Agnes R., Yohannes, Yisehac
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AID BARGAINING BARGAINING POWER CAPITAL INVESTMENT CHECKLIST CHILD HEALTH CHILD NUTRITION COMMON PROPERTY COMMON PROPERTY RESOURCES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMICS EMPLOYMENT FAMILIES FARMS FIXED COSTS FOOD FOR WORK FOOD POLICY RESEARCH FOOD SECURITY FOURTH GENDER GENDER GAP GIRLS HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INSURANCE INTERVENTION LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LABOR SUPPLY LAWS LEISURE LUMP SUM TRANSFERS MARKET WAGE MARKET WAGES NUTRITION NUTRITIONAL STATUS OIL POOR WOMEN PUBLIC GOODS QUOTAS RISK SHARING SAFETY SAFETY NET SOCIAL SERVICES TRANSACTION COSTS UNDP WAGE RATES WAGES WEIGHT WFP WHO WORKERS WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/01/5606866/fair-workfare-gender-public-works-employment-rural-ethiopia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8926

How Fair is Workfare? Gender, Public Works, and Employment in Rural Ethiopia

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