Debunking the Stereotype of the Lazy Welfare Recipient: Evidence from Cash Transfer Programs
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Debunking the Stereotype of the Lazy Welfare Recip
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Author(s)
Hanna, Rema
Banerjee, Abhijit
Kreindler, Gabriel Emanuel
Olken, Benjamin
Date Issued
August 2017
Journal
The World Bank Research Observer
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Citation
Banerjee, Abhijit V. et al. “Debunking the Stereotype of the Lazy Welfare Recipient: Evidence from Cash Transfer Programs.” The World Bank Research Observer 32, 2 (August 2017): 155–184 © 2017 The Author
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Original manuscript
Abstract
Targeted transfer programs for poor citizens have become increasingly common in the developing world. Yet, a common concern among policy-makers and citizens is that such programs tend to discourage work. We re-analyze the data from seven randomized controlled trials of government-run cash transfer programs in six developing countries throughout the world, and find no systematic evidence that cash transfer programs discourage work.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics
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DOI of Published Version
https://doi.org/10.1093/wbro/lkx002
