Labor informality effects of a poverty-alleviation program

Autores
Gasparini, Leonardo; Haimovich, Francisco; Olivieri, Sergio
Año de publicación
2007
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inglés
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versión enviada
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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.
Trabajo publicado en el Journal of Applied Economics, Vol XII, No. 2, 181-205, 2009.
Centro de Estudios Distributivos, Laborales y Sociales (CEDLAS)
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informality; employment; evaluation; program; Jefes
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title Labor informality effects of a poverty-alleviation program
spellingShingle Labor informality effects of a poverty-alleviation program
Gasparini, Leonardo
Economía
trabajo
pobreza
informality; employment; evaluation; program; Jefes
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
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Gasparini, Leonardo
Haimovich, Francisco
Olivieri, Sergio
author Gasparini, Leonardo
author_facet Gasparini, Leonardo
Haimovich, Francisco
Olivieri, Sergio
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Olivieri, Sergio
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author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Economía
trabajo
pobreza
informality; employment; evaluation; program; Jefes
topic Economía
trabajo
pobreza
informality; employment; evaluation; program; Jefes
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv 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.
Trabajo publicado en el <i>Journal of Applied Economics</i>, Vol XII, No. 2, 181-205, 2009.
Centro de Estudios Distributivos, Laborales y Sociales (CEDLAS)
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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