Tackling social exclusion : evidence from Chile (English)

This paper studies an innovative welfare program in Chile that combines a period of frequent home visits to households in extreme poverty, with guaranteed access to social services. Program impacts are identified using a regression discontinuity design, exploring the fact that program eligibility is a discontinuous function of an index of family income and assets. The analysis finds strong and lasting impacts of the program on the take-up of subsidies...

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Amaro Da Costa Luz Carneiro,Pedro Manuel;

Galasso,Emanuela;

Ginja,Rita;
Document Date
2015/01/01
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS7180
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Chile,
Region
Latin America and Caribbean,
Disclosure Date
2015/01/01
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Tackling social exclusion : evidence from Chile
Keywords
social worker

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Amaro Da Costa Luz Carneiro,Pedro Manuel; Galasso,Emanuela; Ginja,Rita.

Tackling social exclusion : evidence from Chile (English). Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 7180 Washington, DC: World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/789431468238175259

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