• Media type: E-Book
  • Title: Debunking the Stereotype of the Lazy Welfare Recipient : Evidence from Cash Transfer Programs
  • Contributor: Banerjee, Abhijit V. [Author]; Hanna, Rema [Author]; Kreindler, Gabriel E. [Author]; Olken, Benjamin A. [Author]
  • Published: Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank, 2017
  • Published in: World Bank Research Observer
  • Extent: 1 Online-Ressource
  • Language: Not determined
  • Keywords: POOR HOUSEHOLDS ; CASH TRANSFERS ; GOVERNMENT POLICY ; PUBLIC EXPENDITURE ; WORLD VALUES SURVEY ; WELFARE RECIPIENTS
  • Origination:
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    Indonesia
    Mexico
    Morocco
    Nicaragua
    Philippines
  • Description: Targeted transfer programs for poor citizens have become increasingly common in the developing world. Yet, a common concern among policy-makers and citizens is that such programs tend to discourage work. We re-analyze the data from seven randomized controlled trials of government-run cash transfer programs in six developing countries throughout the world, and find no systematic evidence that cash transfer programs discourage work
  • Access State: Open Access