Labor informality effects of a poverty-alleviation program

In the midst of a serious macroeconomic crisis Argentina implemented a large social program -the Programa Jefes de Hogar (PJH)- that provides cash transfers to unemployed household heads meeting certain criteria. In practice, giving the difficulties in monitoring informal jobs, the unemployment requ...

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Autores principales: Gasparini, Leonardo, Haimovich, Francisco, Olivieri, Sergio
Formato: Articulo Documento de trabajo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2007
Materias:
Economía
trabajo
pobreza
informality; employment; evaluation; program; Jefes
Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/3612
http://cedlas.econo.unlp.edu.ar/download.php?file=archivos_upload/doc_cedlas53.pdf
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topic Economía
trabajo
pobreza
informality; employment; evaluation; program; Jefes
spellingShingle Economía
trabajo
pobreza
informality; employment; evaluation; program; Jefes
Gasparini, Leonardo
Haimovich, Francisco
Olivieri, Sergio
Labor informality effects of a poverty-alleviation program
topic_facet Economía
trabajo
pobreza
informality; employment; evaluation; program; Jefes
description In the midst of a serious macroeconomic crisis Argentina implemented a large social program -the Programa Jefes de Hogar (PJH)- that provides cash transfers to unemployed household heads meeting certain criteria. In practice, giving the difficulties in monitoring informal jobs, the unemployment requirement of the PJH would imply a disincentive for the program participants to search for a formal job. By applying matching techniques we evaluate the empirical relevance of this prediction during the period of strong economic growth that followed the crisis. We find some evidence on the informality bias of the PJH when the value of the transfer was relatively high compared to wages in the formal labor market.
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Haimovich, Francisco
Olivieri, Sergio
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Haimovich, Francisco
Olivieri, Sergio
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title Labor informality effects of a poverty-alleviation program
title_short Labor informality effects of a poverty-alleviation program
title_full Labor informality effects of a poverty-alleviation program
title_fullStr Labor informality effects of a poverty-alleviation program
title_full_unstemmed Labor informality effects of a poverty-alleviation program
title_sort labor informality effects of a poverty-alleviation program
publishDate 2007
url http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/3612
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