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Debunking the Stereotype of the Lazy Welfare Recipient: Evidence from Cash Transfer Programs

Abhijit Banerjee · Rema Hanna · Gabriel E. Kreindler · Benjamin Olken

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Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare International Development and Aid Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics

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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