The anatomy of behavioral responses to social assistance when informal employment is high
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2020.104313
Abstract: Abstract The disincentive effects of social assistance programs on registered (or formal) employment are a first-order policy concern in developing and middle-income countries. We study the impact of a conditional cash transfer (CCT) program in… read more here.
Keywords: anatomy; program; social assistance; employment ... See more keywords
Obstacles to Takeup: Ecuador's Conditional Cash Transfer Program, The Bono de Desarrollo Humano
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DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2017.04.009
Abstract: Social assistance programs cannot help the poor if the poor do not enroll in them. Obstacles to the takeup of social assistance in industrialized countries include information costs, compliance costs, and psychological costs. Using qualitative… read more here.
Keywords: obstacles takeup; bono desarrollo; assistance; program ... See more keywords
Aadhaar and social assistance programming: local bureaucracies as critical intermediary
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DOI: 10.1080/02681102.2021.2021130
Abstract: ABSTRACT Digital identity platforms are a recent e-governance innovation for improving social assistance programming in the development context, the most well-known of which is India's Aadhaar. While a significant number of studies have accumulated on… read more here.
Keywords: social assistance; local government; assistance programming; aadhaar ... See more keywords
Does social capital matter more when health status is poor? Labour market attachment among long-term recipients of social assistance in Norway
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DOI: 10.1080/13691457.2019.1689928
Abstract: Long-term social assistance recipients are a disadvantaged group with loose labour market attachment, and they are therefore in dire need of an ‘alternative route’ into employment. Differing types ... read more here.
Keywords: labour market; long term; market attachment; social assistance ... See more keywords
The effect of social assistance on kin relationships: evidence from Roma communities
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DOI: 10.1080/19485565.2019.1681256
Abstract: ABSTRACT This paper discusses the effects of social assistance on kinship relationships in Roma, a disadvantaged European minority population, and how variation in kin support affects self-reported health and reproductive success. Data were collected in… read more here.
Keywords: roma; assistance; effect social; kin support ... See more keywords
Inequalities and the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil: Analyzing un-coordinated responses in social assistance and education
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DOI: 10.1093/polsoc/puac005
Abstract: This paper contributes to discussions about subnational responses to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in federal countries. In the scholarship on federalism and public policy, few studies seek to understand the factors that shape subnational… read more here.
Keywords: social assistance; assistance education; assistance; policy ... See more keywords
Need, justice and central–local relations: The case of social assistance in China
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DOI: 10.1111/padm.12689
Abstract: Social assistance is increasingly promoted as a means of tackling poverty However, in established democracies stable delivery has often proved difficult because of tensions between national and local government, the former desiring comprehensiveness and uniformity,… read more here.
Keywords: assistance; need justice; justice central; local relations ... See more keywords
Welfare and Redistributive Effects of Social Assistance in the Global South
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DOI: 10.1111/padr.12308
Abstract: This paper presents an analysis of the recent evolution of social assistance in the developing world, looking at its complex typological configuration, which has interlinked with, and partly reflects the complex demographic and epidemiological transitions… read more here.
Keywords: welfare redistributive; assistance; redistributive effects; social assistance ... See more keywords
Efficiency of Regional Social Assistance Policies
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DOI: 10.1134/s1075700721050038
Abstract: The article considers regional social assistance policies in terms of efficiency. The analysis is based on data from a representative household survey conducted by the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat). Efficiency of regional social assistance… read more here.
Keywords: regional social; efficiency regional; assistance; social assistance ... See more keywords
Regional social assistance systems: Why and how targeting policy is introduced
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DOI: 10.1134/s2079970517040050
Abstract: The article presents an analysis of certain amendments to regional systems of social assistance for the population since 2013. It has been found that regions more frequently introduce income and nonincome limitations on benefits provided… read more here.
Keywords: assistance; targeting policy; elderly citizens; social assistance ... See more keywords
The four global worlds of welfare capitalism: Institutional, neoliberal, populist and residual welfare state regimes
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DOI: 10.1177/09589287211050520
Abstract: What welfare state regimes are observed when the analysis is extended globally, empirically and theoretically? We introduce a novel perspective into the ‘welfare state regimes analyses’ – a perspective that brings developed and developing countries… read more here.
Keywords: welfare; state regimes; social assistance; welfare state ... See more keywords