Intra-Household Behavioral Responses to Cash Transfer Programs: Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design

Bérgolo, Marcelo; Galván, Estefaní­a

doi:10.2139/ssrn.2861095

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“…The finding that moving to or remaining in an informal job can be a relevant channel of adjustment to gender norms in middle‐income countries is consistent with studies that show that in this context of weaker labour market institutions, the woman is the household member most likely to react on the informality margin (e.g. Galiani and Weinschelbaum 2012; Bergolo and Galván 2018). The mechanism that this study suggests is that as informal jobs are less well‐paid and less regulated than registered jobs, they would allow women to remain in the labour market but working fewer hours, compatible with their secondary‐earner role at home, but with poorer working conditions.…”

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confidence: 84%

Gender Identity and Quality of Employment

Galván

2021

Economica

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Studies for high-income countries have shown that the prescription that a man should earn more than his wife holds back women's performance in the labour market, evidencing the importance of gender identity norms in explaining persistent gender gaps. Using data on couples in Uruguay for the period 1986-2016, this paper analyses behavioural responses to the male breadwinner norm, investigating the role of job informality as an additional mechanism of response to gender norms. My results show that the higher the probability that the wife earns more than her husband, the less likely she is to engage in a formal job, providing evidence that gender norms affect not only the quantity of labour supply (i.e. labour force participation and hours of work), but also the quality of jobs in which women are employed. Moreover, I also identify meaningful effects of the norm on men: those with lower potential earnings than their wives react to the norm by self-selecting into better-paid formal jobs. Not considering these effects would lead to underestimating the consequences of gender norms on labour market inequalities in the context of developing countries.

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confidence: 84%

Gender Identity and Quality of Employment

Galván

2021

Economica

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“…Our results highlight significant differences between intra-and interhousehold transfers where the former lean towards more productive (investmenttype) goods. This conclusion supports the policy design of conditional cash transfers programs based on the intra-household transfer hypothesis (see, for instance recently, Bergolo andGalván 2018 andAycinena et al 2019).…”

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confidence: 80%

Intra-household allocation with shared expenditure choices: experimental evidence from Filipino migrants

Arcangelis

Joxhe

2020

Rev Econ Household

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“…But FLFP could also increase as conditional cash transfers can increase women's decision-making power in the household and their sense of autonomy (Bergolo and Galvan, 2018). Family-friendly policies, such as parental leave and childcare policies, can promote FLFP.…”

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confidence: 99%