Social Programs and Formal Employment : Evidence from the Brazilian Bolsa Familia Program /

Employment is key to combating poverty. Thus, detractors of social assistance programs argue that they create disincentives to work. While there is substantial evidence showing limited effects of these programs on overall labor supply, the jury is still out with respect to their impact on formal emp...

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Autore principale: Fruttero, Anna
Altri autori: Henrique Paiva, Luis, Ribeiro Leichsenring, Alexandre
Natura: Periodico
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2020.
Serie:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2020/099
Accesso online:Full text available on IMF