 Does vulnerable employment alleviate poverty in developing countries?Sridevi Yerrabati Economic Modelling, 2022, vol. 116, issue C Abstract: A vast majority of poor in developing countries resort to vulnerable employment for survival. In the absence of alternate income sources, by providing income-generating opportunities to the poor, vulnerable employment influences their household income and thereby reduces poverty. There is, however, a lack of empirical evidence in this regard. By using data from 65 developing countries from 1995 to 2019, this study examines the poverty-reducing effects of vulnerable employment. Poverty measures include incidence, depth and severity at $1.90 a day and $3.20 a day threshold, and vulnerable employment includes total, male and female participation levels. The findings based on the dynamic panel data analysis suggest that vulnerable employment reduces $1.90 a day poverty marginally and has no effect on poverty at a higher threshold. Further, these effects are gender-specific. The study gains significance in light of developing countries' efforts to reduce poverty (SDG 1) and provide decent work for all (SDG 8). Keywords: Vulnerable employment; Poverty; Developing countries; Two-step system GMM; IV 2SLS (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:ecmode:v:116:y:2022:i:c:s0264999322002802 DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2022.106043 Access Statistics for this article Economic Modelling is currently edited by S. Hall and P. Pauly More articles in Economic Modelling from Elsevier |
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