How effective are cash transfer programs in mitigating income instability ? evidence from the AUH in Argentina
| dc.rights.license | open | en_US |
| hal.structure.identifier | Bordeaux Sciences Economiques [BSE] | |
| dc.contributor.author | CARRERE, Sebastien | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-03-28T14:56:39Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-03-28T14:56:39Z | |
| dc.date.created | 2024-02 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://oskar-bordeaux.fr/handle/20.500.12278/189077 | |
| dc.description.abstractEn | Income instability is one crucial determinant of household vulnerability to falling back into poverty in developed and developing countries. This paper examines the effectiveness of a nationally implemented cash transfer program as a buffer against income instability among vulnerable households in Argentina. Using nationally representative household surveys from 2004 to 2015, it compares the income stability of eligible and non-eligible households to the Universal Child Allowance (AUH) program by measuring the coefficient of variation of incomeand transitions into poverty over one and a half years. The findings reveal that the AUH significantly reduces the time spent in poverty by 16% compared to a scenario without the program. Additionally, the program demonstrates a capacity to smooth income fluctuations among eligible households, with an average reduction of 10%. Thiseffect is more pronounced when households experience a drop in income during the observed period. However, the program’s impact diminishes in households with lower resilience to economic shocks, such as single mothers or those with dependent grandparents | |
| dc.language.iso | EN | en_US |
| dc.subject.en | Income instability | |
| dc.subject.en | Poverty | |
| dc.subject.en | Difference-in-difference | |
| dc.subject.en | Social protection | |
| dc.subject.en | Public policy | |
| dc.title.en | How effective are cash transfer programs in mitigating income instability ? evidence from the AUH in Argentina | |
| dc.type | Document de travail - Pré-publication | en_US |
| dc.subject.hal | Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Economies et finances | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | H - Public Economics::H5 - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies::H53 - Government Expenditures and Welfare Programs | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | I - Health, Education, and Welfare | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | J - Labor and Demographic Economics::J3 - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs::J31 - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | J - Labor and Demographic Economics::J6 - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers | en_US |
| bordeaux.hal.laboratories | Bordeaux Sciences Economiques / Bordeaux School of Economics (BSE) - UMR 6060 | en_US |
| bordeaux.institution | Université de Bordeaux | en_US |
| bordeaux.institution | CNRS | en_US |
| bordeaux.institution | INRAE | en_US |
| hal.identifier | hal-04525248 | |
| hal.version | 1 | |
| hal.date.transferred | 2024-03-28T14:56:41Z | |
| hal.popular | non | en_US |
| hal.audience | Internationale | en_US |
| hal.export | true | |
| dc.rights.cc | Pas de Licence CC | en_US |
| bordeaux.subtype | Prepublication/Preprint | en_US |
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