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

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

The authors assess the impact of Argentina's main social policy response to the severe economic crisis of 2002. The program aimed to provide direct income support for families with dependents, for whom the head had become unemployed due to the...

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Main Authors:	Galasso, Emanuela, Ravallion, Martin
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	SOCIAL PROTECTION SYSTEMS ECONOMIC CRISIS SOCIAL POLICY INCOME TRANSFERS SOCIAL PROGRAMS POVERTY REDUCTION UNEMPLOYMENT PANEL BOARDS AGGREGATES ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA COVERAGE ABSOLUTE POVERTY BENEFICIARIES CDF COUNTERFACTUAL DEBT DEMOGRAPHICS DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS EXTREME POVERTY FORMAL LABOR MARKET HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME SMOOTHING INCOME SUPPORT INFLATION INFORMAL SECTOR INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS INTERVENTION LABOR FORCE LABOR SUPPLY LIVING STANDARDS MATCHING METHODS PER CAPITA INCOME POLICY RESEARCH POOR POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY RATES PROGRAM EVALUATION PROGRAMS SELECTION BIAS SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIAL SPENDING TARGETING TRANSFER PROGRAMS UNEMPLOYMENT RATES URBAN AREAS WAGES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/11/2812817/social-protection-crisis-argentinas-plan-jefes-y-jefas http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17897

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/11/2812817/social-protection-crisis-argentinas-plan-jefes-y-jefas
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17897