The value of job displacement insurance programmes in developing countries: Evidence from Brazil Income support for laid-off formal workers can be beneficial even in countries with high informality, but how the benefits are disbursed matters Social Protection Francois Gerard Joana Naritomi Published 22.02.21
High informal employment and disincentives: The anatomy of behavioural responses to social assistance in Uruguay CCT programmes in developing countries may generate disincentives to registered employment, but the efficiency consequences can be relatively small Social Protection Marcelo Bergolo Guillermo Cruces Published 19.02.21
Balancing corruption and exclusion: Incorporating India’s Aadhaar into public food distribution Fighting corruption with India's new national ID system has cost some low-income households their benefits in the process Social Protection Karthik Muralidharan Paul Niehaus Sandip Sukhtankar Published 17.04.20
Is it time to rethink poverty policy? New study offers perhaps the first empirical example of poverty traps and shows that one-off transfers can provide a sustainable route out of poverty Social Protection Katie Parry Robin Burgess Oriana Bandiera Published 14.02.20
Unconditional cash transfer programmes and intimate partner violence in Kenya Unconditional cash transfers to women reduce both sexual and physical violence inflicted on them, while transfers to men only reduce physical violence Social Protection Johannes Haushofer Charlotte Ringdal Jeremy Shapiro Xiao Yu Wang Published 02.09.19
Cash transfers and intimate partner violence Cash transfers are a promising tool to reduce intimate partner violence, but can they be effective across diverse contexts and programme design? Social Protection Melissa Hidrobo Shalini Roy Published 29.03.19
The long-term effects of cash transfers: Mexico’s Progresa Conditional transfers in childhood improve education, labour, and economic outcomes in adulthood, especially for women Social Protection Susan W. Parker Tom Vogl Published 17.12.18
Remedying early life weather shocks with Mexico’s PROGRESA Mexico’s conditional cash transfer programme improved the life of disadvantaged children even when not explicitly targeted Social Protection Achyuta Adhvaryu Teresa Molina Anant Nyshadham Jorge Tamayo Published 26.11.18
The role of disbursement timing in conditional cash transfer programmes: Long-term effects An experiment in Colombia shows that delaying disbursement of conditional cash transfers can have substantial long-term effects on educational investment Social Protection Felipe Barrera-Osorio Leigh Linden Juan Saavedra Published 17.10.17
