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Poor people derive most of their income from work; however, there is insufficient understanding of the role of employment and earnings as a linkage between growth and poverty reduction, especially in low income countries. To provide inputs into the policy discussion on how to enhance poverty reduction through increased employment and earnings for given growth levels, this study explores this linkage in the case of Bangladesh. The study provides a background discussion of poverty, reform, and growth in Bangladesh, followed by an overview of the labor market: demographies, the institutional stru

Labor market --- Wages --- Poverty --- Labor productivity --- Marché du travail --- Salaires --- Pauvreté --- Productivité --- Labor market. --- Business & Economics --- Labor & Workers' Economics --- Marché du travail --- Pauvreté --- Productivité --- Labor output --- Productivity of labor --- Compensation --- Departmental salaries --- Earnings --- Pay --- Remuneration --- Salaries --- Wage-fund --- Wage rates --- Working class --- Employees --- Market, Labor --- Supply and demand for labor --- Supply and demand --- Industrial productivity --- Capital productivity --- Hours of labor --- Labor time --- Productivity bargaining --- Income --- Labor costs --- Compensation management --- Cost and standard of living --- Prices --- Markets

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This paper reviews common challenges faced by researchers interested in measuring the impact of migration and remittances on income, poverty, inequality, and human capital (or, in general, "welfare") as well as difficulties confronting development practitioners in converting this research into policy advice. On the analytical side, the paper discusses the proper formulation of a research question, the choice of the analytical tools, as well as the interpretation of the results in the presence of pervasive endogeneity in all decisions surrounding migration. Particular attention is given to the use of instrumental variables in migration research. On the policy side, the paper argues that the private nature of migration and remittances implies a need to carefully spell out the rationale for interventions. It also notices the lack of good migration data and proper evaluations of migration-related government policies. The paper focuses mainly on microeconomic evidence about international migration, but much of the discussion extends to other settings as well.

Government policies --- Health Monitoring and Evaluation --- Health, Nutrition and Population --- Human Capital --- Impact of migration --- International migration --- Migration --- Migration data --- Policy Research --- Policy Research Working Paper --- Population Policies --- Practitioners --- Remittances

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Zonder onderwerpscode: wereldeconomie, ontwikkelingsproblematiek