Working paper
Employment : a proposal for internationally comparable indicators
- Abstract:
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Employment is the main source of income for most families in the world. While it is certainly not a new dimension of well-being, it is sometimes forgotten in human development studies and poverty reduction policies or, at least, not considered in the depth it deserves. This paper proposes seven indicators of employment to be added to multi-purpose household surveys that, we argue, are crucial to a comprehensive understanding of causes and implications of poverty around the world. Tradition...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Reviewed (other)
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Funding
International Development Research Centre
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Department for International Development
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Canadian International Development Agency
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AusAID
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative (OPHI) Publisher's website
- Series:
- OPHI working paper
- Publication date:
- 2007-01-01
- Paper number:
- 02
Item Description
- Language:
- English
- Keywords:
- UUID:
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- Local pid:
- oai:economics.ouls.ox.ac.uk:12785
- Deposit date:
- 2011-08-15
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- Copyright holder:
- Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative
- Copyright date:
- 2007
- Notes:
- Copyright © Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative 2009. This publication is copyright, however it may be reproduced without fee for teaching or non-profit purposes, but not for resale. Formal permission is required for all such uses, and will normally be granted immediately. For copying in any other circumstances, or for re-use in other publications, or for translation or adaptation, prior written permission must be obtained from OPHI and may be subject to a fee.
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