What Is the Impact of Cash Transfers on Labour Supply?

Since the 1990s, Latin American governments have implemented various conditional cash transfer programmes (CCTs). The objective of CCTs is to alleviate poverty in the short run and create conditions for upward social mobility in the long run through human capital investments. CCTs target families li...

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Autor: Teixeira, Clarissa Gondim
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2009
País:Brasil
Institución:Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (IPEA)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da IPEA (RCIpea)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.ipea.gov.br:11058/15917
Acceso en línea:https://repositorio.ipea.gov.br/handle/11058/15917
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Impact
Cash Transfers
Labour Supply
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Sumario:Since the 1990s, Latin American governments have implemented various conditional cash transfer programmes (CCTs). The objective of CCTs is to alleviate poverty in the short run and create conditions for upward social mobility in the long run through human capital investments. CCTs target families living below the poverty lines, focusing on children and school-age adolescents. (…)