Dependence or Constraints? Cash Transfers and Labor Supply
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5035315 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Diego A Vera-Cossio, Diego Vera‐Cossio (0000-0002-5881-6489, Inter-American Development Bank, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 70 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1439-1477 |
| Publication date | 2022-07-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Economic Development and Cultural Change (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-0079 • E-ISSN: 1539-2988 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/714010 |
| OpenAlex | W3132132660 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 28 |
Decreases in labor supply among cash transfer recipients are often cited as potential drawbacks of social assistance programs. However, cash transfers can also increase employment. Using variation across cohorts and over time in the eligibility criteria of a nationwide conditional cash transfer program in Bolivian public schools, this paper shows that employment increases among parents of eligible children, particularly for females. The increase in employment coincides with increases in self-employment and in the probability of investing in family businesses. These effects are mostly driven by females from areas with limited access to financial services. As mothers work more, overworked fathers reduce work hours. The results suggest that there are (positive) unintended consequences of cash transfer programs targeting households with school-age children: cash transfers may relax liquidity constraints and boost entrepreneurship and also relieve overworked adults
Business · Cash · Cash transfers · Conditional cash transfer · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Labour economics · Market liquidity · Transfer (computing) · Unintended consequences · Work (physics) · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Finance · Microfinance and Financial Inclusion · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
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| Citations per year | 0.6 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2024 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |