Labor informality effects of a poverty-alleviation program

Autores
Gasparini, Leonardo Carlos; Haimovich, Francisco; Olivieri, Sergio
Año de publicación
2007
Idioma
inglés
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versión publicada
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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.
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Ciencias Económicas
informality
employment
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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 Carlos
Ciencias Económicas
informality
employment
Argentina
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 Carlos
Haimovich, Francisco
Olivieri, Sergio
author Gasparini, Leonardo Carlos
author_facet Gasparini, Leonardo Carlos
Haimovich, Francisco
Olivieri, Sergio
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Olivieri, Sergio
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ciencias Económicas
informality
employment
Argentina
evaluation
program
Jefes
topic Ciencias Económicas
informality
employment
Argentina
evaluation
program
Jefes
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Facultad de Ciencias Económicas
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