Cash transfers and female labor force participation: the case of AUH in Argentina

In this paper, we estimate the impact on female labor force participation of a massive conditional cash transfer program—Universal Child Allowance, AUH—launched in Argentina in 2009. We identify the intention-to-treat effect by comparing eligible and non-eligible women over time through a diff-in-di...

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Autores principales: Garganta, Santiago, Gasparini, Leonardo, Marchionni, Mariana
Formato: Articulo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2017
Materias:
Ciencias Económicas
Argentina
AUH
Cash transfers
Labor participation
Social protection
Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/87116
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Argentina
AUH
Cash transfers
Labor participation
Social protection
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Argentina
AUH
Cash transfers
Labor participation
Social protection
Garganta, Santiago
Gasparini, Leonardo
Marchionni, Mariana
Cash transfers and female labor force participation: the case of AUH in Argentina
topic_facet Ciencias Económicas
Argentina
AUH
Cash transfers
Labor participation
Social protection
description In this paper, we estimate the impact on female labor force participation of a massive conditional cash transfer program—Universal Child Allowance, AUH—launched in Argentina in 2009. We identify the intention-to-treat effect by comparing eligible and non-eligible women over time through a diff-in-diff methodology. The results suggest a negative and economically significant effect of the program on female labor force participation. The disincentive to participate is present for married women, while the effect is not statistically significant for unmarried women with children. We also find evidence on the heterogeneity of the effect depending on woman’s education, husband’s employment status, number and age of children, and whether the woman is the main responsible of domestic chores. The relatively large value of the benefit and the fact that transfers are mostly directed to mothers may explain the sizeable effect of the program on female labor supply. The welfare implications of the results are not clear and deserve further inspection.
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author Garganta, Santiago
Gasparini, Leonardo
Marchionni, Mariana
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Gasparini, Leonardo
Marchionni, Mariana
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title Cash transfers and female labor force participation: the case of AUH in Argentina
title_short Cash transfers and female labor force participation: the case of AUH in Argentina
title_full Cash transfers and female labor force participation: the case of AUH in Argentina
title_fullStr Cash transfers and female labor force participation: the case of AUH in Argentina
title_full_unstemmed Cash transfers and female labor force participation: the case of AUH in Argentina
title_sort cash transfers and female labor force participation: the case of auh in argentina
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