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dc.contributor.authorAntonopoulos, Raniaen
dc.date.accessioned2010-05-14T11:08:28Z-
dc.date.available2010-05-14T11:08:28Z-
dc.date.issued2007-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/31516-
dc.description.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, an area that has immense potential to create much-needed jobs is that of social service delivery and social infrastructure. While unemployment and enforced idleness” persist, existing time-use survey data reveal that people around the worldespecially women and childrenspend long hours performing unpaid work. This work includes not only household maintenance and care provisioning for family members and communities, but also time spent that helps fill public infrastructural gapsfor example, in the energy, health, and education sectors. This paper suggests that, by bringing together public job creation, on the one hand, and unpaid work, on the other, well-designed employment guarantee policies can promote job creation, gender equality, and pro-poor development.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aLevy Economics Institute of Bard College |cAnnandale-on-Hudson, NYen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aWorking Paper |x516en
dc.subject.jelB5en
dc.subject.jelE24en
dc.subject.jelE61en
dc.subject.jelE62en
dc.subject.jelH1en
dc.subject.jelJ16en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordUnemploymenten
dc.subject.keywordPovertyen
dc.subject.keywordEmployer of Last Resorten
dc.subject.keywordEmployment Guarantee Schemesen
dc.subject.keywordGenderen
dc.subject.keywordHousehold Productionen
dc.subject.keywordSouth Africaen
dc.titleThe right to a job, the right types of projects: employment guarantee policies from a gender perspective-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn571722334en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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