Author Archives: Erlend Berg

About Erlend Berg

I use economic theory and econometric techniques to study development at the micro-level. My main interest is in the financial lives of poor people, including credit, savings and insurance behaviour. I currently have ongoing projects in India as well as South Africa. My webpage can be found here .

Can large-scale public works programmes push up wages?

Posted on June 25, 2012 by

Most of the world’s poor live in rural areas, and at the bottom of the pyramid are landless workers subsisting on casual wage labour in agriculture. Policies that can put upward pressure on agricultural wages are therefore likely to be … Continue reading →

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