Shielding the poor : social protection in the developing world /
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| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
Brookings Institution Press
2001.
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7864/j.ctvdf0krj |
Table of Contents:
- Has aggregate income growth been effective in reducing poverty and inequality in Latin America? / Alain de Janvry and Elisabeth Sadoulet
- Social protection for the unemployed : programs in Latin America / Gustavo Márquez
- Heterogeneity and optimal unemployment insurance / Hugo A. Hopenhayn and Juan Pablo Nicolini
- Helping the poor manage risk better : the role of social funds / Steen Lau Jorgensen and Julie Van Domelen
- Insuring the economic costs of illness / Paul Gertler
- Coverage under old age security programs and protection for the uninsured : what are the issues? / Estelle James
- Social assistance on pensions and health care for the poor in Latin America and the Caribbean / Carmelo Mesa-Lago
- The safety net role of microfinance for income and consumption smoothing / Manfred Zeller
- Consumption smoothing and extended families : the role of government-sponsored insurance / Orazio Attanasio and José-Victor Ríos-Rull
- Social protection for the poor in the developed world / Timothy M. Smeeding and Katherin Ross Phillips.