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doi
10.1093/wbro/lkx002
handle
10986/31221

Debunking the Stereotype of the Lazy Welfare Recipient : Evidence from Cash Transfer Programs

Flag for IGO World Bank on February 5th 2019
Banerjee, Abhijit V., Hanna, Rema, Kreindler, Gabriel E. and Olken, Benjamin A.
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.

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Related SDGs

SDG 1: No Poverty ...
SDG 1: No Poverty

Target 1.2

Reduce at least by half the proportion of men, women and children of all ages living in poverty in all its dimensions according to national definitions

Target 1.3

Implement nationally appropriate social protection systems and measures for all, including floors, and achieve substantial coverage of the poor and the vulnerable

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Abhijit V. Banerjee at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Gabriel E. Kreindler at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Benjamin A. Olken at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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