Assisting the Transition from Workfare to Work
A Randomized Experiment
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3274031 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Emanuela Galasso (0000-0001-8620-057X, World Bank Group, corresponding author), Martin Ravallion (0000-0002-5572-4183, Georgetown University, corresponding author), Agustin Salvia (0000-0003-4976-9008, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 128 |
| Publication date | 2004-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Industrial and Labor Relations Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0019-7939 • E-ISSN: 2162-271X |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/4126640 |
| OpenAlex | W2119377373 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 26 |
| References cited | 21 |
Argentina's Proempleo Experiment, conducted in 1998-2000, was designed to assess whether a wage subsidy and specialized training could assist the transition from workfare to regular work. Randomly sampled workfare participants in a welfare-dependent urban area were given a voucher that entitled an employer to a sizable wage subsidy; a second sample also received the option of skill training; and a third sample formed the control group. The authors find that voucher recipients had a higher probability of employment than did the control group, even though the rate of actual take-up of vouchers by the hiring employers was very low. The employment gains were in the informal sector and largely confined to female workers, younger workers, and more educated workers. Skill training had no statistically significant impact overall, though once the analysis corrects for selective compliance, an impact for those with sufficient prior education is found
Control (management) · Demographic economics · Economics · Labour economics · Political science · Randomized experiment · Sample (material) · Sociology · Statistics · Subsidy · Transition (genetics) · Treatment and control groups · Voucher · Wage · Welfare · Work (physics) · Workfare · Advanced Causal Inference Techniques · Engineering · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Law · Mathematics · Mechanical Engineering · Medicine · Psychology · Taxation and Compliance Studies
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Assisting the Transition from Workfare to Work
| Unique citing works | 25 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,18 |
| Citation span | 2004 - 2026 (23) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 22 |