Joint provision of income and employment support: Evidence from a crisis response in Uruguay

Escudero, Verónica; Mourelo, Elva López; Pignatti, Clemente.

doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105015

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“…Lastly, a similar conclusion can be drawn from an impact evaluation assessing the effect of a public works scheme implemented within a social assistance programme in Uruguay named Plan de Asistencia Nacional a la Emergencia Social (PANES) (Escudero, López Mourelo, and Pignatti 2020). This study analysed the effects of participating in the public works scheme Trabajo por Uruguay that aimed at fostering social inclusion and required beneficiaries of income support to work for a period of five months in community projects in return for a salary corresponding to twice the sum they would have otherwise received.…”

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“…For example, public works could improve work quality, if those activities in which workers are employed are in line with the demand from local labour markets, and if there is a human-capital accumulation component. In a few cases, the empirical literature has confirmed this intuition (Escudero, López Mourelo, and Pignatti 2020); but often public works do no more than perpetuate the incidence of low-quality jobs (Escudero 2018a;Hernani-Limarino, Villegas, and Yáñez 2011;Zimmermann 2012).…”

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Why should we integrate income and employment support?

Asenjo¹,

Escudero²,

Liepmann³

2022

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The integration of active labour market policies within income support schemes – such as unemployment insurance and social assistance – has been a key component of social protection in high-income countries since the 1990s, with a rich literature reviewing its effects and implementation characteristics. More recently, this approach has spread beyond high-income economies, and is prominent today in many middle-income economies. Yet, despite the increasing adoption of integrated approaches, their conceptual and practical applications have not been studied in detail outside of high-income countries. This paper conceptualizes, for the first time, the implementation of integrated approaches, focusing on low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). We first develop a conceptual framework to understand how integrated policies can address labour market challenges, exploring the theoretical effects they exert on selected labour market and social dimensions. We then contrast these theoretical expectations with findings from the empirical literature on the effectiveness of integrated approaches. While many empirical studies find positive effects across different labour market dimensions, this is evidently not always the case. To reconcile this discrepancy, we investigate the design and implementation of integrated approaches across LMIC and identify factors which contribute to their effectiveness.

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Why should we integrate income and employment support?

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Escudero²,

Liepmann³

2022

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“…For emerging and developing economies, this sounds weird to me. While positive results on employment and income were found for programs combining cash transfers and training in Nicaragua and Chile (Macours et al, 2012;Martínez et al, 2015) and a program combining public works and training in Bangladesh (Hashemi and Rosenberg, 2006) similar programs appeared to produce adverse effects in Argentina (Galasso et al, 2004;Almeida and Galasso, 2010) and Uruguay (Escudero et al, 2020). Moreover, a program combining an employment subsidy with training in Colombia led to a decrease in employment 18 months after participation (Medina et al, 2013).…”

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Better together: Active and passive labor market policies in developed and developing economies

Pignatti

Belle

2021

IZA Journal of Development and Migration

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We investigate the macroeconomic impact of public expenditure in active labor market policies (ALMPs) and passive labor market policies (PLMPs) on main employment indicators (i.e., unemployment, employment, and labor force participation) for a large and novel panel database of 121 countries (36 developed, 64 emerging and 21 developing economies). Compared to previous studies, we include for the first time evidence from developing and emerging economies and explicitly examine the possible presence of complementarities between active and passive policies. We find that the interaction between interventions is crucial, as the effect of spending in either of the two policies is more favorable the more is spent on the other. Even the detrimental labor market effects of passive policies disappear on the condition that sufficient amounts are spent on active interventions. This complementarity seems even more important for emerging and developing economies.

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“…41 One possible reason is the limited duration of PANES and Trabajo por Uruguay, which was capped to a maximum of five months (Escudero et al 2020). Extending the duration of programs Certain enabling conditions are required for the successful implementation of integrated approaches.…”

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Labor earnings are the dominant income source for most individuals. Thus, an inclusive labor market is key for ensuring inclusive growth. In this chapter we propose four principles that an inclusive labor market will embody: access, fairness, protection and voice. While measuring inclusivity presents challenges, we discuss how data can be used to shed light on the extent of inclusivity and document cross-country trends and stylized facts. We also discuss the role of policy in achieving an inclusive labor market, focusing on the need to rebalance growth; improve risk sharing; and fight discrimination. Several messages emerge. First, some policies entail a trade-off between the different dimensions of inclusivity. Second, it is important to view policies as a bundle, taking into account substitution and complementarities. Third, some policies are win-win, in the sense that they both increase inclusivity and improve overall efficiency.

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Joint provision of income and employment support: Evidence from a crisis response in Uruguay

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Why should we integrate income and employment support?

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