Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/268941 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
GLO Discussion Paper No. 1243
Publisher: 
Global Labor Organization (GLO), Essen
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.
Subjects: 
Cash transfer
social security
employment
labor market participation
Vietnam
JEL: 
J22
N35
H55
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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