Did Latvia's Public Works Program Mitigate the Impact of the 2008-2010 Crisis?
To mitigate the impact of the 2008-2010 global financial crisis on vulnerable households, the Government of Latvia established Workplaces with Stipends, an emergency public works program that targeted registered unemployed people who were not recei...
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okr-10986-119992021-04-23T14:02:58Z Did Latvia's Public Works Program Mitigate the Impact of the 2008-2010 Crisis? Azam, Mehtabul Ferré, Céline Ajwad, Mohamed Ihsan ACCOUNTING ACTIVE EMPLOYMENT ACTIVE LABOUR ACTIVE LABOUR MARKET AGGREGATE INCOME ANTI-POVERTY PROGRAM ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS BENEFICIARIES BENEFICIARY CONTROL GROUPS COPING STRATEGIES COUNTERFACTUAL COUNTERFACTUAL OUTCOME COVARIATE SHOCKS DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPLOYABILITY EMPLOYMENT MEASURE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYMENT STATUS ENVIRONMENTAL CLEAN-UP FAMILY BENEFIT FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL SUPPORT GROSS WAGE HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RATES HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD INCOMES HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME IMPACTS INTERVENTION JOB LOSS JOB LOSSES LABOR DEMAND LABOR FORCE LABOR INTENSITY LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET CONDITIONS LABOR MARKET IMPACT LABOR-INTENSIVE WORKS LABOUR LABOUR MARKET LAYOFFS LEAKAGE OF BENEFITS MACROECONOMIC CRISIS MATCHING METHODS MINIMUM INCOME NATURAL DISASTER NET JOB CREATION PENSION PER CAPITA INCOME POLITICAL SUPPORT POOR POVERTY LINE POVERTY RATES PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITIES PROGRAM CONDITIONAL PROGRAM EVALUATION PROGRAM IMPACTS PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE PUBLIC WORK PUBLIC WORKS PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAM PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS PUBLIC-WORKS PUBLIC-WORKS EMPLOYMENT RISING UNEMPLOYMENT RISING UNEMPLOYMENT RATES SAFETY SAFETY NET SAFETY NETS SAMPLE SIZE SCHOOL MEALS SEASONAL LABOR SELECTION BIAS SICKNESS BENEFIT SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL COHESION SOCIAL FUND SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SAFETY NET SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIAL TRANSFERS SOCIAL WELFARE TARGETING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT TEMPORARY JOB TEMPORARY JOBS TRAINING COMPONENT TRANSFER BENEFITS TREATMENT EFFECTS UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE UNEMPLOYED PERSONS UNEMPLOYED POPULATION UNEMPLOYED WORKERS UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE FUND UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS VULNERABLE PEOPLE WORK PROGRAM WORK REQUIREMENT WORKER WORKERS WORKFARE WORKS PROGRAM WORKS PROJECTS To mitigate the impact of the 2008-2010 global financial crisis on vulnerable households, the Government of Latvia established Workplaces with Stipends, an emergency public works program that targeted registered unemployed people who were not receiving unemployment benefits. This paper evaluates the targeting performance and welfare impacts of the program. It exploits the over-subscription of Workplaces with Stipends to define a control group. The paper finds that the program was successful at targeting poor and vulnerable people, and that leakage to non-poor households was small. Using propensity score matching, the paper finds that the program's stipend mitigated the impact of job loss and, in the short term, raised participating household incomes by 37 percent relative to similar households not benefiting from the program. The paper also finds that the foregone income for this program was less than foregone incomes estimated in other countries. This suggests a dearth of income-generating opportunities in Latvia; thus the program provided temporary employment opportunities and helped the unemployed mitigate the impact of the crisis. However, relative to the depth of the crisis in Latvia, the Workplaces with Stipends program scale was small, which meant long waiting periods for program applicants. 2012-12-21T19:31:40Z 2012-12-21T19:31:40Z 2012-07 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/07/16530330/latvias-public-works-program-mitigate-impact-2008-2010-crisis http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11999 English en_US Policy Research working paper;no. 6144 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Europe and Central Asia Latvia |
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ACCOUNTING ACTIVE EMPLOYMENT ACTIVE LABOUR ACTIVE LABOUR MARKET AGGREGATE INCOME ANTI-POVERTY PROGRAM ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS BENEFICIARIES BENEFICIARY CONTROL GROUPS COPING STRATEGIES COUNTERFACTUAL COUNTERFACTUAL OUTCOME COVARIATE SHOCKS DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPLOYABILITY EMPLOYMENT MEASURE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYMENT STATUS ENVIRONMENTAL CLEAN-UP FAMILY BENEFIT FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL SUPPORT GROSS WAGE HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RATES HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD INCOMES HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME IMPACTS INTERVENTION JOB LOSS JOB LOSSES LABOR DEMAND LABOR FORCE LABOR INTENSITY LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET CONDITIONS LABOR MARKET IMPACT LABOR-INTENSIVE WORKS LABOUR LABOUR MARKET LAYOFFS LEAKAGE OF BENEFITS MACROECONOMIC CRISIS MATCHING METHODS MINIMUM INCOME NATURAL DISASTER NET JOB CREATION PENSION PER CAPITA INCOME POLITICAL SUPPORT POOR POVERTY LINE POVERTY RATES PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITIES PROGRAM CONDITIONAL PROGRAM EVALUATION PROGRAM IMPACTS PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE PUBLIC WORK PUBLIC WORKS PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAM PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS PUBLIC-WORKS PUBLIC-WORKS EMPLOYMENT RISING UNEMPLOYMENT RISING UNEMPLOYMENT RATES SAFETY SAFETY NET SAFETY NETS SAMPLE SIZE SCHOOL MEALS SEASONAL LABOR SELECTION BIAS SICKNESS BENEFIT SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL COHESION SOCIAL FUND SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SAFETY NET SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIAL TRANSFERS SOCIAL WELFARE TARGETING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT TEMPORARY JOB TEMPORARY JOBS TRAINING COMPONENT TRANSFER BENEFITS TREATMENT EFFECTS UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE UNEMPLOYED PERSONS UNEMPLOYED POPULATION UNEMPLOYED WORKERS UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE FUND UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS VULNERABLE PEOPLE WORK PROGRAM WORK REQUIREMENT WORKER WORKERS WORKFARE WORKS PROGRAM WORKS PROJECTS |
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ACCOUNTING ACTIVE EMPLOYMENT ACTIVE LABOUR ACTIVE LABOUR MARKET AGGREGATE INCOME ANTI-POVERTY PROGRAM ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS BENEFICIARIES BENEFICIARY CONTROL GROUPS COPING STRATEGIES COUNTERFACTUAL COUNTERFACTUAL OUTCOME COVARIATE SHOCKS DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPLOYABILITY EMPLOYMENT MEASURE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYMENT STATUS ENVIRONMENTAL CLEAN-UP FAMILY BENEFIT FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL SUPPORT GROSS WAGE HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RATES HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD INCOMES HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME IMPACTS INTERVENTION JOB LOSS JOB LOSSES LABOR DEMAND LABOR FORCE LABOR INTENSITY LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET CONDITIONS LABOR MARKET IMPACT LABOR-INTENSIVE WORKS LABOUR LABOUR MARKET LAYOFFS LEAKAGE OF BENEFITS MACROECONOMIC CRISIS MATCHING METHODS MINIMUM INCOME NATURAL DISASTER NET JOB CREATION PENSION PER CAPITA INCOME POLITICAL SUPPORT POOR POVERTY LINE POVERTY RATES PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITIES PROGRAM CONDITIONAL PROGRAM EVALUATION PROGRAM IMPACTS PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE PUBLIC WORK PUBLIC WORKS PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAM PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS PUBLIC-WORKS PUBLIC-WORKS EMPLOYMENT RISING UNEMPLOYMENT RISING UNEMPLOYMENT RATES SAFETY SAFETY NET SAFETY NETS SAMPLE SIZE SCHOOL MEALS SEASONAL LABOR SELECTION BIAS SICKNESS BENEFIT SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL COHESION SOCIAL FUND SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SAFETY NET SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIAL TRANSFERS SOCIAL WELFARE TARGETING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT TEMPORARY JOB TEMPORARY JOBS TRAINING COMPONENT TRANSFER BENEFITS TREATMENT EFFECTS UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE UNEMPLOYED PERSONS UNEMPLOYED POPULATION UNEMPLOYED WORKERS UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE FUND UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS VULNERABLE PEOPLE WORK PROGRAM WORK REQUIREMENT WORKER WORKERS WORKFARE WORKS PROGRAM WORKS PROJECTS Azam, Mehtabul Ferré, Céline Ajwad, Mohamed Ihsan Did Latvia's Public Works Program Mitigate the Impact of the 2008-2010 Crisis? |
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To mitigate the impact of the 2008-2010
global financial crisis on vulnerable households, the
Government of Latvia established Workplaces with Stipends,
an emergency public works program that targeted registered
unemployed people who were not receiving unemployment
benefits. This paper evaluates the targeting performance and
welfare impacts of the program. It exploits the
over-subscription of Workplaces with Stipends to define a
control group. The paper finds that the program was
successful at targeting poor and vulnerable people, and that
leakage to non-poor households was small. Using propensity
score matching, the paper finds that the program's
stipend mitigated the impact of job loss and, in the short
term, raised participating household incomes by 37 percent
relative to similar households not benefiting from the
program. The paper also finds that the foregone income for
this program was less than foregone incomes estimated in
other countries. This suggests a dearth of income-generating
opportunities in Latvia; thus the program provided temporary
employment opportunities and helped the unemployed mitigate
the impact of the crisis. However, relative to the depth of
the crisis in Latvia, the Workplaces with Stipends program
scale was small, which meant long waiting periods for
program applicants. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Azam, Mehtabul Ferré, Céline Ajwad, Mohamed Ihsan |
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Azam, Mehtabul Ferré, Céline Ajwad, Mohamed Ihsan |
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Azam, Mehtabul |
| title |
Did Latvia's Public Works Program Mitigate the Impact of the 2008-2010 Crisis? |
| title_short |
Did Latvia's Public Works Program Mitigate the Impact of the 2008-2010 Crisis? |
| title_full |
Did Latvia's Public Works Program Mitigate the Impact of the 2008-2010 Crisis? |
| title_fullStr |
Did Latvia's Public Works Program Mitigate the Impact of the 2008-2010 Crisis? |
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Did Latvia's Public Works Program Mitigate the Impact of the 2008-2010 Crisis? |
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did latvia's public works program mitigate the impact of the 2008-2010 crisis? |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/07/16530330/latvias-public-works-program-mitigate-impact-2008-2010-crisis http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11999 |
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