The Impact of a Social Program on Labor Informality: The Case of AUH in Argentina

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Garganta, Santiago; Gasparini, Leonardo Carlos
Año de publicación
2015
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The recent Universal Child Allowance program in Argentina provides monthly cash transfers to unregistered workers with children. As the program is accessible only to those who are not in formal employment, it may discourage workers transitions to the formal sector. In this paper we estimate this effect by comparing the transitions to registered jobs of eligible workers (with children) with a similar but not eligible group (without children) over time. The results suggest a statistically significant and economically large disincentive to the labor market formalization of the program beneficiaries. In contrast, there is no sufficient evidence for the existence of a significant incentive for registered workers to become informal.
Fil: Garganta, Santiago. 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. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Departamento de Ciencias Económicas. Centro de Estudios Distributivos Laborales y Sociales; Argentina
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Informality
Social Protection
Labor Markets
Auh
Argentina
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spelling The Impact of a Social Program on Labor Informality: The Case of AUH in ArgentinaGarganta, SantiagoGasparini, Leonardo CarlosInformalitySocial ProtectionLabor MarketsAuhArgentinahttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.2https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5The recent Universal Child Allowance program in Argentina provides monthly cash transfers to unregistered workers with children. As the program is accessible only to those who are not in formal employment, it may discourage workers transitions to the formal sector. In this paper we estimate this effect by comparing the transitions to registered jobs of eligible workers (with children) with a similar but not eligible group (without children) over time. The results suggest a statistically significant and economically large disincentive to the labor market formalization of the program beneficiaries. In contrast, there is no sufficient evidence for the existence of a significant incentive for registered workers to become informal.Fil: Garganta, Santiago. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Departamento de Ciencias Económicas. Centro de Estudios Distributivos Laborales y Sociales; ArgentinaFil: Gasparini, Leonardo Carlos. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Departamento de Ciencias Económicas. Centro de Estudios Distributivos Laborales y Sociales; ArgentinaNorth-holland2015-02info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/45924Garganta, Santiago; Gasparini, Leonardo Carlos; The Impact of a Social Program on Labor Informality: The Case of AUH in Argentina; North-holland; Journal Of Development Economics; 115; 2-2015; 99-1100304-3878CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2015.02.004info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304387815000346info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-03T10:07:46Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/45924instacron: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 10:07:46.73CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The Impact of a Social Program on Labor Informality: The Case of AUH in Argentina
title The Impact of a Social Program on Labor Informality: The Case of AUH in Argentina
spellingShingle The Impact of a Social Program on Labor Informality: The Case of AUH in Argentina
Garganta, Santiago
Informality
Social Protection
Labor Markets
Auh
Argentina
title_short The Impact of a Social Program on Labor Informality: The Case of AUH in Argentina
title_full The Impact of a Social Program on Labor Informality: The Case of AUH in Argentina
title_fullStr The Impact of a Social Program on Labor Informality: The Case of AUH in Argentina
title_full_unstemmed The Impact of a Social Program on Labor Informality: The Case of AUH in Argentina
title_sort The Impact of a Social Program on Labor Informality: The Case of AUH in Argentina
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Garganta, Santiago
Gasparini, Leonardo Carlos
author Garganta, Santiago
author_facet Garganta, Santiago
Gasparini, Leonardo Carlos
author_role author
author2 Gasparini, Leonardo Carlos
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Informality
Social Protection
Labor Markets
Auh
Argentina
topic Informality
Social Protection
Labor Markets
Auh
Argentina
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https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv The recent Universal Child Allowance program in Argentina provides monthly cash transfers to unregistered workers with children. As the program is accessible only to those who are not in formal employment, it may discourage workers transitions to the formal sector. In this paper we estimate this effect by comparing the transitions to registered jobs of eligible workers (with children) with a similar but not eligible group (without children) over time. The results suggest a statistically significant and economically large disincentive to the labor market formalization of the program beneficiaries. In contrast, there is no sufficient evidence for the existence of a significant incentive for registered workers to become informal.
Fil: Garganta, Santiago. 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. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Departamento de Ciencias Económicas. Centro de Estudios Distributivos Laborales y Sociales; Argentina
description The recent Universal Child Allowance program in Argentina provides monthly cash transfers to unregistered workers with children. As the program is accessible only to those who are not in formal employment, it may discourage workers transitions to the formal sector. In this paper we estimate this effect by comparing the transitions to registered jobs of eligible workers (with children) with a similar but not eligible group (without children) over time. The results suggest a statistically significant and economically large disincentive to the labor market formalization of the program beneficiaries. In contrast, there is no sufficient evidence for the existence of a significant incentive for registered workers to become informal.
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Garganta, Santiago; Gasparini, Leonardo Carlos; The Impact of a Social Program on Labor Informality: The Case of AUH in Argentina; North-holland; Journal Of Development Economics; 115; 2-2015; 99-110
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