Social Assistance and Labor Market Programs in Latin America : Methodology and Key Findings from the Social Protection Database

How much do countries spend on social protection? Do social protection programs cover all poor people? And, how well are they targeted? It is notoriously hard to find comprehensive cross-country data on social protection programs which can help ans...

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Main Authors:	Cerutti, Paula, Fruttero, Anna, Grosh, Margaret, Kostenbaum, Silvana, Oliveri, Maria Laura, Rodriguez-Alas, Claudia, Strokova, Victoria
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACTIVE LABOR ACTIVE LABOR MARKET ACTIVE LABOR MARKET INTERVENTION ACTIVE LABOR MARKET POLICIES ACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAM ACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS AVERAGE WAGE BENEFICIARIES BENEFITS INCIDENCE CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS CASH TRANSFERS CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CHRONIC POVERTY COL COMPENSATION CONTRIBUTORY PROGRAMS CONTRIBUTORY SYSTEM COUNTERFACTUALS COUNTRY COMPARISONS DATA COLLECTION DIRECT JOB CREATION DIRECT JOB CREATION PROGRAMS DISADVANTAGED GROUPS DISASTERS DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS DRIVERS DROUGHT EARLY RETIREMENT EARNING ECONOMIC SHOCKS EMPLOYEE EMPLOYMENT INCENTIVES EMPLOYMENT STATUS EMPLOYMENT SUBSIDIES FAMILY ALLOWANCES FAMINE FOOD PRICE FOOD PRICE SUBSIDIES FOOD PRICES FOOD PROGRAMS FOOD SECURITY FOOD STAMPS FOOD TRANSFERS FOOD-FOR-WORK GDP GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HEALTH CARE HEALTH INSURANCE HOUSEHOLD PER CAPITA INCOME HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEY DATA HOUSEHOLD SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRES HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMPACT INDICATORS IMPACT ON POVERTY INCIDENCE ANALYSIS INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME GROUPS INCOME SUPPORT INEQUALITY JOB SEARCH JOB SEARCH ASSISTANCE JOBS LABOR COST LABOR INCOME LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET POLICY LABOR MARKET PROGRAM LABOR MARKETS LABOR ORGANIZATION LABOR PROGRAMS LAWS MATERNITY LEAVE OLD AGE PASSIVE LABOR PASSIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS PENSIONS PER CAPITA INCOME POOR POOR CHILDREN POOR FAMILIES POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PEOPLE POVERTY GAP POVERTY HEADCOUNT POVERTY LINE POVERTY REDUCTION PRIVATE PROGRAMS PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE TRANSFERS PRODUCTIVE EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM CATEGORY PROGRAM COSTS PROGRAM COVERAGE PROGRAM DESIGN PROGRAMS PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT SERVICE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT SERVICES PUBLIC WORKS PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS QUESTIONNAIRES REDUCING POVERTY RETIREMENT RURAL RURAL AREAS SAFETY NET SAFETY NET PROGRAMS SCHOOL FEEDING SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMS SIMULATIONS SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS SOCIAL INSURANCE PROGRAMS SOCIAL POLICIES SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL SAFETY NETS SOCIAL SECURITY SSN SUBSIDIZED JOB TARGETING TRAINING CENTER TRAINING INSTITUTION TRAINING PROGRAMS TRAINING SYSTEM UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED PERSON UNEMPLOYED PERSONS UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFIT UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFITS UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAMS VOCATIONAL TRAINING WAGES WAR WORKERS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/06/19737118/social-assistance-labor-market-programs-latin-america-methodology-key-findings-social-protection-database http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18938

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Summary:	How much do countries spend on social protection? Do social protection programs cover all poor people? And, how well are they targeted? It is notoriously hard to find comprehensive cross-country data on social protection programs which can help answer such questions and allow to benchmark social protection systems. The World Bank s Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) Social Protection Database attempts to fill these knowledge gaps by collecting and systematizing data on social protection programs from both administrative sources and household surveys. The data assembled provides a powerful tool to study trends and analyze program performance as well as benchmark countries social protection systems. We found both expected and unexpected trends in spending on social protection and coverage of social protection programs across countries. Between 2000 and 2010 expenditure on social assistance nearly tripled. At a program level, conditional cash transfer programs ceased to dominate social assistance spending, with the exception of Mexico, and have come second to social pension spending in Brazil, Uruguay and Chile. Labor market programs remain small and fragmented, but show much more counter-cyclical patterns.

Social Assistance and Labor Market Programs in Latin America : Methodology and Key Findings from the Social Protection Database

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