Alleviating Extreme Poverty in Chile: The Short Term Effects of Chile Solidario

• Tác giả: Emanuela Galasso
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 016.98 Bibliographies and catalogs of works on specific subjects or in specific disciplines
• Thông tin xuất bản: 2012
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 320171
• Chủ đề: 1. Economic Development: Human Resources; 2. Measurement and Analysis of Poverty I320; 3. Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development O120; 4. Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs I380; 5. Welfare and Poverty: Government Programs

Tóm tắt

This paper evaluates the effect of an anti-poverty program, Chile Solidario, during its first two years of operation. We find that the program tends to increases significantly their take-up of cash assistance programs and of social programs for housing and employment, and to improve education and health outcomes for participating households. There is no evidence that the participation to employment program translates into improved employment or income outcomes in the short term. Finally, we provide suggestive evidence of the key role that the psycho-social support had in enabling this change, by increasing awareness of social services in the community as well as households' orientation towards the future.