Social Assistance and Informality: Examining the link in Colombia

This paper presents evidence on the labor market effects of social assistance programs in the short and medium run. We evaluate the impacts of a Conditional Cash Transfer program (Familias en Acción) on informality in Colombia. We exploit an exogenous shock linked to cash transfer benefits that the...

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Autores:
Monica Ospina Londoño, Monica
Saavedra-Caballero, Fabiola
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Fecha de publicación:
2013
Institución:
Universidad EAFIT
Repositorio:
Repositorio EAFIT
Idioma:
eng
OAI Identifier:
oai:repository.eafit.edu.co:10784/1061
Acceso en línea:
http://hdl.handle.net/10784/1061
Palabra clave:
informality
conditional cash transfers
evaluation
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