Labor informality bias of a poverty-alleviation program in Argentina

Autores
Gasparini, Leonardo Carlos; Haimovich, Francisco; Olivieri, Sergio
Año de publicación
2009
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inglés
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In 2002, 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, the difficulty in monitoring the unemployment requirement for informal (unregistered) workers 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 cash transfer was relatively high compared to wages in the formal labor market.
Facultad de Ciencias Económicas
Materia
Ciencias Económicas
Informality
Employment
Argentina
Evaluation
Program
Jefes
Poverty
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Labor informality bias of a poverty-alleviation program in Argentina
title Labor informality bias of a poverty-alleviation program in Argentina
spellingShingle Labor informality bias of a poverty-alleviation program in Argentina
Gasparini, Leonardo Carlos
Ciencias Económicas
Informality
Employment
Argentina
Evaluation
Program
Jefes
Poverty
title_short Labor informality bias of a poverty-alleviation program in Argentina
title_full Labor informality bias of a poverty-alleviation program in Argentina
title_fullStr Labor informality bias of a poverty-alleviation program in Argentina
title_full_unstemmed Labor informality bias of a poverty-alleviation program in Argentina
title_sort Labor informality bias of a poverty-alleviation program in Argentina
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
author_role author
author2 Haimovich, Francisco
Olivieri, Sergio
author2_role author
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ciencias Económicas
Informality
Employment
Argentina
Evaluation
Program
Jefes
Poverty
topic Ciencias Económicas
Informality
Employment
Argentina
Evaluation
Program
Jefes
Poverty
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Facultad de Ciencias Económicas
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