%0 Journal Article %T Primeros resultados de la implementaci¨®n de la ley de alimentaci¨®n de los trabajadores en venezuela. Caso: Los cupones de alimentaci¨®n %A Levy-Carciente %A Sary %A Ph¨¦lan C %A Mauricio %A Fern¨¢ndez %A O %A J %A Francisco %J Agroalimentaria %D 2010 %I Universidad de los Andes %X this paper examines the results as well as initial impacts of the implementation of the venezuelan workers alimentation law (£¿ley de alimentation de los trabajadores en venezuela£¿) through the use of coupons or food tickets. an applied survey to a national sample of 1.200 people during the second semester of the year 2008 shows, as main result, that this mechanism is perceived as the expression of a policy where the private sector, jointly with the public sector, contributes to the inclusion of a higher number of workers to the alimentary benefit, impacting positively the level of the workers£¿ life. %K alimentation %K worker %K social benefit %K public policy %K venezuela. %U http://www.scielo.org.ve/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1316-03542010000100003&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en