The effect of workfare policy on social movement mobilizations

Ignacio Franceschelli and Lucas Ronconi

Economics Letters, 2009, vol. 105, issue 3, 315-317

Abstract: This article assesses the effect of workfare policy on social movement mobilizations in Argentina. The results suggest that an increase in workfare fueled the development of insurgency, and that ignoring simultaneity between workfare policy and protests leads to large biases.

Keywords: Social; movements; Social; policy; Protests; Argentina (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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