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

Autores
Garganta, Santiago; Gasparini, Leonardo Carlos; Marchionni, Mariana
Año de publicación
2017
Idioma
inglés
Tipo de recurso
artículo
Estado
versión publicada
Descripción
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. JEL Classification: H53, I38, J16, J22.
Fil: Garganta, Santiago. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Departamento de Ciencias Económicas. Centro de Estudios Distributivos Laborales y Sociales; Argentina
Fil: Gasparini, Leonardo Carlos. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Departamento de Ciencias Económicas. Centro de Estudios Distributivos Laborales y Sociales; Argentina
Fil: Marchionni, Mariana. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Departamento de Ciencias Económicas. Centro de Estudios Distributivos Laborales y Sociales; Argentina
Materia
ARGENTINA
AUH
CASH TRANSFERS
LABOR PARTICIPATION
SOCIAL PROTECTION
Nivel de accesibilidad
acceso abierto
Condiciones de uso
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/
Repositorio
CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Institución
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
OAI Identificador
oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/49882
Acceder
id CONICETDig_88a157fc71ec59442621c85eeaef6bda
oai_identifier_str oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/49882
network_acronym_str CONICETDig
repository_id_str 3498
network_name_str CONICET Digital (CONICET)
spelling Cash transfers and female labor force participation: the case of AUH in ArgentinaGarganta, SantiagoGasparini, Leonardo CarlosMarchionni, MarianaARGENTINAAUHCASH TRANSFERSLABOR PARTICIPATIONSOCIAL PROTECTIONhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.2https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5In 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. JEL Classification: H53, I38, J16, J22.Fil: Garganta, Santiago. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Departamento de Ciencias Económicas. Centro de Estudios Distributivos Laborales y Sociales; ArgentinaFil: Gasparini, Leonardo Carlos. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Departamento de Ciencias Económicas. Centro de Estudios Distributivos Laborales y Sociales; ArgentinaFil: Marchionni, Mariana. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Departamento de Ciencias Económicas. Centro de Estudios Distributivos Laborales y Sociales; ArgentinaSpringerOpen2017-12info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/49882Garganta, Santiago; Gasparini, Leonardo Carlos; Marchionni, Mariana; Cash transfers and female labor force participation: the case of AUH in Argentina; SpringerOpen; IZA Journal of Labor Policy; 6; 1; 12-2017; 1-222193-9004CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1186/s40173-017-0089-xinfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://izajolp.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40173-017-0089-xinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-03T09:54:40Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/49882instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-03 09:54:41.176CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Cash transfers and female labor force participation: the case of AUH in Argentina
title Cash transfers and female labor force participation: the case of AUH in Argentina
spellingShingle Cash transfers and female labor force participation: the case of AUH in Argentina
Garganta, Santiago
ARGENTINA
AUH
CASH TRANSFERS
LABOR PARTICIPATION
SOCIAL PROTECTION
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
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Garganta, Santiago
Gasparini, Leonardo Carlos
Marchionni, Mariana
author Garganta, Santiago
author_facet Garganta, Santiago
Gasparini, Leonardo Carlos
Marchionni, Mariana
author_role author
author2 Gasparini, Leonardo Carlos
Marchionni, Mariana
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv ARGENTINA
AUH
CASH TRANSFERS
LABOR PARTICIPATION
SOCIAL PROTECTION
topic ARGENTINA
AUH
CASH TRANSFERS
LABOR PARTICIPATION
SOCIAL PROTECTION
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.2
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv 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. JEL Classification: H53, I38, J16, J22.
Fil: Garganta, Santiago. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Departamento de Ciencias Económicas. Centro de Estudios Distributivos Laborales y Sociales; Argentina
Fil: Gasparini, Leonardo Carlos. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Departamento de Ciencias Económicas. Centro de Estudios Distributivos Laborales y Sociales; Argentina
Fil: Marchionni, Mariana. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Departamento de Ciencias Económicas. Centro de Estudios Distributivos Laborales y Sociales; Argentina
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. JEL Classification: H53, I38, J16, J22.
publishDate 2017
dc.date.none.fl_str_mv 2017-12
dc.type.none.fl_str_mv info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501
info:ar-repo/semantics/articulo
format article
status_str publishedVersion
dc.identifier.none.fl_str_mv http://hdl.handle.net/11336/49882
Garganta, Santiago; Gasparini, Leonardo Carlos; Marchionni, Mariana; Cash transfers and female labor force participation: the case of AUH in Argentina; SpringerOpen; IZA Journal of Labor Policy; 6; 1; 12-2017; 1-22
2193-9004
CONICET Digital
CONICET
url http://hdl.handle.net/11336/49882
identifier_str_mv Garganta, Santiago; Gasparini, Leonardo Carlos; Marchionni, Mariana; Cash transfers and female labor force participation: the case of AUH in Argentina; SpringerOpen; IZA Journal of Labor Policy; 6; 1; 12-2017; 1-22
2193-9004
CONICET Digital
CONICET
dc.language.none.fl_str_mv eng
language eng
dc.relation.none.fl_str_mv info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1186/s40173-017-0089-x
info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://izajolp.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40173-017-0089-x
dc.rights.none.fl_str_mv info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/
eu_rights_str_mv openAccess
rights_invalid_str_mv https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/
dc.format.none.fl_str_mv application/pdf
application/pdf
application/pdf
dc.publisher.none.fl_str_mv SpringerOpen
publisher.none.fl_str_mv SpringerOpen
dc.source.none.fl_str_mv reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
reponame_str CONICET Digital (CONICET)
collection CONICET Digital (CONICET)
instname_str Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
repository.name.fl_str_mv CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
repository.mail.fl_str_mv dasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.ar
_version_ 1842269300507803648
score 13.13397

Publicaciones similares