2005
DOI: 10.1630/095624705774481687
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Pulling rickshaws in the city of Dhaka: a way out of poverty?

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“…Studies on the socioeconomic aspects of rickshaw pulling have failed to find welfare gains from rickshaw-pulling-induced internal migration to migrants and their family members. A study by Begum and Sen (2005) observes that rickshaw pulling provided easy access for poor people without education and skill in the urban labor markets and helped them to overcome chronic rural poverty initially. In the long run, rickshaw pulling is an unsustainable profession and initial welfare gains decline with the length of employment.…”
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“…Studies on the socioeconomic aspects of rickshaw pulling have failed to find welfare gains from rickshaw-pulling-induced internal migration to migrants and their family members. A study by Begum and Sen (2005) observes that rickshaw pulling provided easy access for poor people without education and skill in the urban labor markets and helped them to overcome chronic rural poverty initially. In the long run, rickshaw pulling is an unsustainable profession and initial welfare gains decline with the length of employment.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The profession of rickshaw pulling has a higher economic value and more income opportunities for unskilled internal migrants to Dhaka if it is a regular profession for a long time. Other studies show that a person cannot work for a long time as a rickshaw puller because of its negative impact on health caused by intensive physical labor (Begum and Sen 2005;Al Baki 2013;Roy 2013). Rickshaw pullers cannot create adequate resources from their profession that may help them to create resources for future solvency.…”
Section: Strategic Issuesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Muchos de los problemas de salud de los conductores de rickshaws se pueden atribuir a los riesgos laborales. Para estos trabajadores los impactos relacionados con la salud suponen «el factor más importante en la movilidad descendente» dada la ausencia de protección financiera y de salud; por lo general, los gastos de salud y las pérdidas financieras superan típicamente el ingreso promedio mensual de los hogares (Begum y Sen, ). Por lo tanto, los elevados gastos médicos combinados con las deficiencias en la protección social en salud y la pérdida no compensada de ingresos suponen un marcado efecto de refuerzo de la pobreza y, con frecuencia, hacen que ésta pase a ser crónica (Pryer, Rogers y Rahman, ).…”
Section: Las Deficiencias En La Cobertura Y Las Desigualdades En El Aunclassified
“…Viele der Gesundheitsprobleme von Rikshafahrern lassen sich auf Berufsrisiken zurückführen. Für diese Arbeitnehmer stellen Krankheitsfälle wegen des Fehlens jeglichen Gesundheits‐ und Finanzschutzes den „wichtigsten Einzelfaktor der Abstiegsmobilität“ dar; Gesundheitsausgaben und finanzielle Verluste übersteigen normalerweise ihr durchschnittliches monatliches Haushaltseinkommen (Begum und Sen, ). Somit haben hohe Ärzteausgaben in Kombination mit Lücken im Sozialschutz und nicht kompensierte Einkommensverluste eine enorm verstärkende Wirkung auf die Armut und lassen diese häufig chronisch werden (Pryer, Rogers und Rahman, ).…”
Section: Deckungslücken Und Ungerechtigkeiten Beim Zugang Zur Gesundhunclassified