Conditional cash transfers in OECD countries
A realist synthesis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13077198 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Francesco Mazzeo Rinaldi (0000-0003-3847-2372, University of Catania, corresponding author), Liliana Leone (0000-0002-4232-3508) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Pages | 1202430-1202430 |
| Publication date | 2023-09-14 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Frontiers in Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2297-7775 • E-ISSN: 2297-7775 |
| Publisher | Frontiers Media (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3389/fsoc.2023.1202430 |
| PMID | 37780692 |
| OpenAlex | W4386743180 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 19 |
Conditional Cash Transfers (CCTs) schemes have been adopted mostly in low-income countries as a tool to break the vicious cycle of poverty transmission. Although their use is controversial, behavioral conditionalities have also been widely used in welfare-to-work strategies, minimum income scheme, and labor market "activation" policies in OECD countries. The paper presents the results of a Realist Review to synthesize the evidence of CCTs related to work conditionality, delivered in OECD countries. The evaluation literature of 23 selected CCT programs was analyzed by reconstructing Context-Mechanism-Outcome configurations. The main findings show that CCTs can be an effective counterbalance to work disincentives introduced by welfare measures. The unintended negative impacts, the role of sanctioning, and the causal pathways that may affect the most disadvantaged people and their children are discussed
Basic income · Capability approach · Cash transfers · Conditional cash transfer · Conditionality · Context (archaeology · Developing country · Development economics · Disadvantaged · Economic growth · Economics · Market economy · Political science · Poverty · Public economics · Social protection · Unintended consequences · Welfare · Welfare reform · Work (physics · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
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Understanding ‘context’ in realist evaluation and synthesis
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Social Theory and Social Structure
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |