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Cash Transfers and Formal Labor Markets : Evidence from Brazil (English)

Cash transfer programs have expanded widely in developing countries and have been credited for sizable reductions in poverty. However, their potential disincentive effects on beneficiaries' labor supply have spurred a heated policy debate. This paper studies the impact of a large-scale program Bolsa Familia in Brazil on local labor markets in a context where such concerns could be particularly strong: eligibility is means-tested and the paper focuses...
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Gerard,François; Naritomi,Joana; Silva,Joana C. G..

Cash Transfers and Formal Labor Markets : Evidence from Brazil (English). Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 9778 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/769531632319615215

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