Distributional Policies and Social Cohesion in a High-Unemployment Setting
This paper studies the impact of distributional policies on social cohesion. The focus is on South Africa, a country with the highest unemployment rate worldwide and a major destination hub for the forcibly displaced. The paper uses a regression discontinuity design based on the eligibility rule of an unconditional cash transfer program (Old Age Pension) together with multiple rounds of the country’s Social Attitudes Survey and estimates the impact of the cash transfer to the local population on over 100 variables capturing different dimensions of social cohesion, while accounting for multiple hypothesis testing. Results show a limited impact of the transfer on social cohesion. Transfer increases life satisfaction and views favorable towards racial diversity. However, it has only a marginal effect on interpersonal trust and a very small effect on attitudes towards immigration. These findings are consistent with theoretical models where anti-immigrant behaviors are not the result of low-income but rather due to non-wage factors such as ethnic background or language barriers.
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| Subjects: | SOCIAL COHESION, ANTI-IMMIGRATION ATTITUDES, CASH TRANSFERS, DISTRIBUTIONAL POLICIES, UNEMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT OF DISPLACED PEOPLE, FORCIBLY DISPLACED HOST COUNTRY, REFUGEE ATTITUDES, IMPACT OF CASH TRANSFERS ON SOCIAL ATTITUDES, ATTITUDES TOWARDS IMMIGRANTS, DISCRIMINATION, INEQUITY, |
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dig-okr-10986375972022-06-28T05:10:40Z Distributional Policies and Social Cohesion in a High-Unemployment Setting Agüero, Jorge M. Fasola, Eniola SOCIAL COHESION ANTI-IMMIGRATION ATTITUDES CASH TRANSFERS DISTRIBUTIONAL POLICIES UNEMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT OF DISPLACED PEOPLE FORCIBLY DISPLACED HOST COUNTRY REFUGEE ATTITUDES IMPACT OF CASH TRANSFERS ON SOCIAL ATTITUDES ATTITUDES TOWARDS IMMIGRANTS DISCRIMINATION INEQUITY This paper studies the impact of distributional policies on social cohesion. The focus is on South Africa, a country with the highest unemployment rate worldwide and a major destination hub for the forcibly displaced. The paper uses a regression discontinuity design based on the eligibility rule of an unconditional cash transfer program (Old Age Pension) together with multiple rounds of the country’s Social Attitudes Survey and estimates the impact of the cash transfer to the local population on over 100 variables capturing different dimensions of social cohesion, while accounting for multiple hypothesis testing. Results show a limited impact of the transfer on social cohesion. Transfer increases life satisfaction and views favorable towards racial diversity. However, it has only a marginal effect on interpersonal trust and a very small effect on attitudes towards immigration. These findings are consistent with theoretical models where anti-immigrant behaviors are not the result of low-income but rather due to non-wage factors such as ethnic background or language barriers. 2022-06-27T14:45:39Z 2022-06-27T14:45:39Z 2022-06 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099248306232210489/IDU05fde194806af0042ac0855a001f824cc60ff http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37597 English Policy Research Working Papers;10103 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research South Africa |
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SOCIAL COHESION ANTI-IMMIGRATION ATTITUDES CASH TRANSFERS DISTRIBUTIONAL POLICIES UNEMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT OF DISPLACED PEOPLE FORCIBLY DISPLACED HOST COUNTRY REFUGEE ATTITUDES IMPACT OF CASH TRANSFERS ON SOCIAL ATTITUDES ATTITUDES TOWARDS IMMIGRANTS DISCRIMINATION INEQUITY SOCIAL COHESION ANTI-IMMIGRATION ATTITUDES CASH TRANSFERS DISTRIBUTIONAL POLICIES UNEMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT OF DISPLACED PEOPLE FORCIBLY DISPLACED HOST COUNTRY REFUGEE ATTITUDES IMPACT OF CASH TRANSFERS ON SOCIAL ATTITUDES ATTITUDES TOWARDS IMMIGRANTS DISCRIMINATION INEQUITY |
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SOCIAL COHESION ANTI-IMMIGRATION ATTITUDES CASH TRANSFERS DISTRIBUTIONAL POLICIES UNEMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT OF DISPLACED PEOPLE FORCIBLY DISPLACED HOST COUNTRY REFUGEE ATTITUDES IMPACT OF CASH TRANSFERS ON SOCIAL ATTITUDES ATTITUDES TOWARDS IMMIGRANTS DISCRIMINATION INEQUITY SOCIAL COHESION ANTI-IMMIGRATION ATTITUDES CASH TRANSFERS DISTRIBUTIONAL POLICIES UNEMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT OF DISPLACED PEOPLE FORCIBLY DISPLACED HOST COUNTRY REFUGEE ATTITUDES IMPACT OF CASH TRANSFERS ON SOCIAL ATTITUDES ATTITUDES TOWARDS IMMIGRANTS DISCRIMINATION INEQUITY Agüero, Jorge M. Fasola, Eniola Distributional Policies and Social Cohesion in a High-Unemployment Setting |
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This paper studies the impact of
distributional policies on social cohesion. The focus is on
South Africa, a country with the highest unemployment rate
worldwide and a major destination hub for the forcibly
displaced. The paper uses a regression discontinuity design
based on the eligibility rule of an unconditional cash
transfer program (Old Age Pension) together with multiple
rounds of the country’s Social Attitudes Survey and
estimates the impact of the cash transfer to the local
population on over 100 variables capturing different
dimensions of social cohesion, while accounting for multiple
hypothesis testing. Results show a limited impact of the
transfer on social cohesion. Transfer increases life
satisfaction and views favorable towards racial diversity.
However, it has only a marginal effect on interpersonal
trust and a very small effect on attitudes towards
immigration. These findings are consistent with theoretical
models where anti-immigrant behaviors are not the result of
low-income but rather due to non-wage factors such as ethnic
background or language barriers. |
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SOCIAL COHESION ANTI-IMMIGRATION ATTITUDES CASH TRANSFERS DISTRIBUTIONAL POLICIES UNEMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT OF DISPLACED PEOPLE FORCIBLY DISPLACED HOST COUNTRY REFUGEE ATTITUDES IMPACT OF CASH TRANSFERS ON SOCIAL ATTITUDES ATTITUDES TOWARDS IMMIGRANTS DISCRIMINATION INEQUITY |
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Agüero, Jorge M. Fasola, Eniola |
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Agüero, Jorge M. Fasola, Eniola |
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Agüero, Jorge M. |
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Distributional Policies and Social Cohesion in a High-Unemployment Setting |
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Distributional Policies and Social Cohesion in a High-Unemployment Setting |
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Distributional Policies and Social Cohesion in a High-Unemployment Setting |
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Distributional Policies and Social Cohesion in a High-Unemployment Setting |
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Distributional Policies and Social Cohesion in a High-Unemployment Setting |
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distributional policies and social cohesion in a high-unemployment setting |
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