Social Protection in a Crisis : Argentina's Plan Jefes y Jefas

The article assesses the impact of Argentina's main social policy response to the severe economic crisis of 2002. The program was intended to provide direct income support for families with dependent sand whose head had become unemployed because of the crisis. Counter factual comparisons are based on a matched subset of applicants not yet receiving program assistance. Panel data spanning the crisis are also used. The program reduced aggregate unemployment, though it attracted as many people into the workforce from inactivity as it did people who otherwise would have been unemployed. Although there was substantial leakage to formally ineligible families and incomplete coverage of those who were eligible, the program did partially compensate many losers from the crisis and reduced extreme poverty.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Galasso, Emanuela, Ravallion, Martin
Format:	Journal Article biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2004-09
Subjects:	AGGREGATE UNEMPLOYMENT, AGGREGATE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, ANNUAL INFLATION, BENEFICIARIES, COUNTERFACTUAL, COUNTERFACTUAL OUTCOME, CRISES, CROSS-SECTIONAL DATA, CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION, DEPENDENT VARIABLE, DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACT, ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC RESEARCH, ECONOMIC REVIEW, ECONOMIC STUDIES, ECONOMICS, EMPLOYEE, EMPLOYMENT STATUS, EQUILIBRIUM WAGES, EX POST EVALUATION, EXPLANATORY POWER, EXPLANATORY VARIABLES, FINANCIAL CRISIS, FORMAL LABOR MARKET, FORMAL SECTOR WORKER, GROSS WAGE, HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT, HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS, HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION, HOUSEHOLD INCOME, HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS, HOUSEHOLD SIZE, HOUSEHOLD SURVEY, HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS, INCOME, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, INCOME IMPACTS, INCOME SHOCKS, INCOME SUPPORT, INCOME TRANSFER, INCOMES, INDIVIDUAL INCOMES, INFLATION RATE, INFORMAL SECTOR, INTERVENTION, JOB EARNING, JOB TRAINING, JOBS, LABOR FORCE, LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION, LABOR MARKET IMPACT, LABOR SUPPLY, LIVING STANDARDS, MATCHING METHODS, MINIMUM WAGE, NONEXPERIMENTAL METHODS, NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, 0 HYPOTHESIS, OCCUPATION, OLD AGE, OPPORTUNITY COST, PARTICIPATION RATES, PER CAPITA INCOME, POOR, POOR PEOPLE, POVERTY IMPACT, POVERTY INCIDENCE, POVERTY LINE, POVERTY LINES, POVERTY MEASURES, POVERTY RATE, POVERTY RATES, PRIVATE COMPANY, PROGRAM ADMINISTRATORS, PROGRAM EVALUATION, PROGRAMS, PUBLIC ECONOMICS, PUBLIC SECTOR, PUBLIC TRANSFERS, REAL INCOME, REAL WAGES, REDUCING POVERTY, REGIONAL DIFFERENCES, RESERVATION WAGES, SAFETY, SAFETY NET, SELECTION BIAS, SERVANTS, SOCIAL ASSISTANCE, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL POLICY, SOCIAL SAFETY, SOCIAL SECURITY, SOCIAL SPENDING, TARGETING, TRAINING PROGRAM, TRANSFER PROGRAMS, UNEMPLOYED, UNEMPLOYED FEMALE, UNEMPLOYED PARTICIPANTS, UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE, UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, UNEMPLOYMENT RATES, WAGE SUBSIDY, WORK ACTIVITIES, WORKERS, WORKFARE PARTICIPANTS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/09/17742437/social-protection-crisis-argentinas-plan-jefes-y-jefas http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17165
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