The Impact of Targeted Social Assistance on Labor Market in Georgia : A Regression Discontinuity Approach

World Bank

Washington, DC

关键词: LIVING STANDARDS;    JOBS;    EMPLOYMENT;    HOUSEHOLD SURVEY;    HOUSEHOLD SIZE;   

RP-ID  :  98707

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

This report contributes not only to theexisting literature, but also provides suggestions forfuture policy-design related to the TSA program in Georgia.This study shows that Georgia’s TSA program does generatedisincentives to search for jobs or work around thethreshold of eligibility, with this effect beingconcentrated among women. This report is structured asfollows: Section two discusses the existing literature andprovides a more detailed overview of the TSA program.Section three describes the sampling frame, the samplingmethod and the data used. Section four explains theempirical approach of the study. Section five elaborates onthe main results. Section six concludes with a discussion onpolicy implications.