Debunking the Stereotype of the Lazy Welfare Recipient

• Tác giả: Abhijit V Banerjee
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 940.47 History of Europe Western Europe
• Thông tin xuất bản: Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank, 2019
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 313680
• Chủ đề: 1. CASH TRANSFERS; 2. GOVERNMENT POLICY; 3. POOR HOUSEHOLDS; 4. PUBLIC EXPENDITURE; 5. WORLD VALUES SURVEY

Tóm tắt

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.