Jump-Starting Self-Employment? Evidence Among Welfare Participants in Argentina
One important concern of governments in developing countries is how to phase out large safety net programs. The authors evaluate the short-run effects of one possible exit strategy-programs that promote self-employment-in Argentina. They provide ev...
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okr-10986-74502021-04-23T14:02:33Z Jump-Starting Self-Employment? Evidence Among Welfare Participants in Argentina Almeida, Rita Galasso, Emanuela ACTIVE LABOR ACTIVE LABOR MARKET ACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS AGGREGATE INCOME ATTRITION BENEFICIARIES DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS DIFFERENCE IN DIFFERENCE ESTIMATES EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE SCHEME EMPLOYMENT OFFICES ENTREPRENEURIAL ABILITY ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITY EVALUATORS EXTREME POVERTY FLEXIBILITY HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HUMAN CAPITAL IMPACT EVALUATION INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME SUPPORT INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT INFORMAL SECTOR INTERVENTION JOBS LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET EXPERIENCE LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOR MARKET POLICIES LABOR MARKETS LABOR OFFICE LABOR SUPPLY LOCAL LABOR MARKETS NONEXPERIMENTAL METHODS OCCUPATIONS ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY PER CAPITA INCOME POVERTY INDICATORS PREVIOUS OCCUPATION PROBIT REGRESSION PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITIES PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITY PROGRAM ASSIGNMENT PROGRAM BENEFICIARIES PROGRAM DESIGN PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAMS PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION SAFETY NET SELECTION BIAS SELF-EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM SEVERANCE PAYMENTS SMALL MANUFACTURING SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL INSURANCE SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SECURITY SUBSTITUTION EFFECT TARGETING TRAINING PROGRAMS UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WAGE EMPLOYMENT WAGE LEVEL WAGE SUBSIDIES WORK ACTIVITIES WORKER WORKERS One important concern of governments in developing countries is how to phase out large safety net programs. The authors evaluate the short-run effects of one possible exit strategy-programs that promote self-employment-in Argentina. They provide evidence that a small fraction of beneficiaries were attracted by this program. Overall, potential participants to self-employment are more likely to be female household heads and more educated beneficiaries relative to the average Jefes beneficiaries. Using nonexperimental methods, the authors show that participation in the program does affect the labor supply of participants, by reducing the probability of having an outside job, especially for males, and increasing the total number of hours worked. But the intervention fails to produce on average income gains to participating individuals and households in the short run. The fact that a small subset of former welfare beneficiaries are attracted to the program, coupled with the fact that only a subset of participants (younger and more educated beneficiaries, and with previous self-employment experience) benefited from participation has important implications for this intervention to represent a viable exit strategy from welfare. 2012-06-07T19:48:21Z 2012-06-07T19:48:21Z 2007-06 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/06/7766427/jump-starting-self-employment-evidence-among-welfare-participants-argentina http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7450 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4270 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 Latin America & Caribbean Argentina |
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ACTIVE LABOR ACTIVE LABOR MARKET ACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS AGGREGATE INCOME ATTRITION BENEFICIARIES DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS DIFFERENCE IN DIFFERENCE ESTIMATES EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE SCHEME EMPLOYMENT OFFICES ENTREPRENEURIAL ABILITY ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITY EVALUATORS EXTREME POVERTY FLEXIBILITY HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HUMAN CAPITAL IMPACT EVALUATION INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME SUPPORT INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT INFORMAL SECTOR INTERVENTION JOBS LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET EXPERIENCE LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOR MARKET POLICIES LABOR MARKETS LABOR OFFICE LABOR SUPPLY LOCAL LABOR MARKETS NONEXPERIMENTAL METHODS OCCUPATIONS ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY PER CAPITA INCOME POVERTY INDICATORS PREVIOUS OCCUPATION PROBIT REGRESSION PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITIES PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITY PROGRAM ASSIGNMENT PROGRAM BENEFICIARIES PROGRAM DESIGN PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAMS PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION SAFETY NET SELECTION BIAS SELF-EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM SEVERANCE PAYMENTS SMALL MANUFACTURING SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL INSURANCE SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SECURITY SUBSTITUTION EFFECT TARGETING TRAINING PROGRAMS UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WAGE EMPLOYMENT WAGE LEVEL WAGE SUBSIDIES WORK ACTIVITIES WORKER WORKERS |
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ACTIVE LABOR ACTIVE LABOR MARKET ACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS AGGREGATE INCOME ATTRITION BENEFICIARIES DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS DIFFERENCE IN DIFFERENCE ESTIMATES EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE SCHEME EMPLOYMENT OFFICES ENTREPRENEURIAL ABILITY ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITY EVALUATORS EXTREME POVERTY FLEXIBILITY HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HUMAN CAPITAL IMPACT EVALUATION INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME SUPPORT INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT INFORMAL SECTOR INTERVENTION JOBS LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET EXPERIENCE LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOR MARKET POLICIES LABOR MARKETS LABOR OFFICE LABOR SUPPLY LOCAL LABOR MARKETS NONEXPERIMENTAL METHODS OCCUPATIONS ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY PER CAPITA INCOME POVERTY INDICATORS PREVIOUS OCCUPATION PROBIT REGRESSION PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITIES PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITY PROGRAM ASSIGNMENT PROGRAM BENEFICIARIES PROGRAM DESIGN PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAMS PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION SAFETY NET SELECTION BIAS SELF-EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM SEVERANCE PAYMENTS SMALL MANUFACTURING SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL INSURANCE SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SECURITY SUBSTITUTION EFFECT TARGETING TRAINING PROGRAMS UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WAGE EMPLOYMENT WAGE LEVEL WAGE SUBSIDIES WORK ACTIVITIES WORKER WORKERS Almeida, Rita Galasso, Emanuela Jump-Starting Self-Employment? Evidence Among Welfare Participants in Argentina |
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One important concern of governments in
developing countries is how to phase out large safety net
programs. The authors evaluate the short-run effects of one
possible exit strategy-programs that promote
self-employment-in Argentina. They provide evidence that a
small fraction of beneficiaries were attracted by this
program. Overall, potential participants to self-employment
are more likely to be female household heads and more
educated beneficiaries relative to the average Jefes
beneficiaries. Using nonexperimental methods, the authors
show that participation in the program does affect the labor
supply of participants, by reducing the probability of
having an outside job, especially for males, and increasing
the total number of hours worked. But the intervention fails
to produce on average income gains to participating
individuals and households in the short run. The fact that a
small subset of former welfare beneficiaries are attracted
to the program, coupled with the fact that only a subset of
participants (younger and more educated beneficiaries, and
with previous self-employment experience) benefited from
participation has important implications for this
intervention to represent a viable exit strategy from welfare. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
| author |
Almeida, Rita Galasso, Emanuela |
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Almeida, Rita Galasso, Emanuela |
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Almeida, Rita |
| title |
Jump-Starting Self-Employment? Evidence Among Welfare Participants in Argentina |
| title_short |
Jump-Starting Self-Employment? Evidence Among Welfare Participants in Argentina |
| title_full |
Jump-Starting Self-Employment? Evidence Among Welfare Participants in Argentina |
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Jump-Starting Self-Employment? Evidence Among Welfare Participants in Argentina |
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Jump-Starting Self-Employment? Evidence Among Welfare Participants in Argentina |
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jump-starting self-employment? evidence among welfare participants in argentina |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
| publishDate |
2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/06/7766427/jump-starting-self-employment-evidence-among-welfare-participants-argentina http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7450 |
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