Cash transfer programs have expanded widely in developing countries and have been credited for sizable reductions in poverty. However, their potential disincentive effects on beneficiaries' labor supply have spurred a heated policy debate. This paper studies the impact of a large-scale program Bolsa Familia in Brazil on local labor markets in a context where such concerns could be particularly strong: eligibility is means-tested and the paper focuses...
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تفاصيل
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2021/9/22
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ورقة عمل خاصة ببحوث السياسات
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WPS9778
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1
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2021/9/22
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Disclosed
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Cash Transfers and Formal Labor Markets : Evidence from Brazil
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Municipalities