Cash Transfers and Labor Supply: New Evidence on Impacts and Mechanisms

Cuong Nguyen and Finn Tarp

No 1243, GLO Discussion Paper Series from Global Labor Organization (GLO)

Abstract: We study the impact of a national cash transfer program in Vietnam on labor supply using large household surveys and a regression-discontinuity design based on discontinuity in age eligibility. We do not find evidence of a disincentive effect of the cash transfer on labor supply for adults aged 15-64. More importantly, we find robust evidence that the transfer program causes the adults to move from self-employed non-farm work to wage-paying jobs. A likely mechanism is that the transfer program reduces the labor force participation of older people, and they help housework and childcare for younger adults to have wage-paying jobs.

Keywords: Cash transfer; social security; employment; labor market participation; Vietnam (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H55 J22 N35 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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