Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Mideros, A.
Author-Email: mideros@merit.unu.edu
Author-Workplace-Name: UNU-MERIT
Author-Name: O'Donoghue, C.
Author-Email: ODonoghue@merit.unu.edu 
Author-Workplace-Name: UNU-MERIT, and Teagasc
Title: The effect of unconditional cash transfers on adult labour supply: A unitary 
	 discrete choice model for the case of Ecuador
Abstract: We examine the effect of unconditional cash transfers by a unitary 
	 discrete labour supply model. We argue that there is no negative income 
	 effect of social transfers in the case of poor adults because leisure 
	 could not be assumed to be a normal good under such conditions. Using 
	 data from the national employment survey of Ecuador ENEMDUR we estimate 
	 the effect of the Bono de Desarrollo Humano BDH. Results show that cash 
	 transfers, unconditional in labour, do not produce labour disincentives 
	 in the case of household heads, but may be paying for housework and 
	 childcare provided by partners and single adults. However, labour market 
	 and care work gender inequality must be addressed by complementary policies.
Classification-JEL: H24, H30, J22, O12
Keywords: Labour market, Labour supply, Cash transfers, Unconditional cash transfers,
	 Income effects, Disincentives
Series: UNU-MERIT Working Papers
Creation-Date: 20140731
Number: 2014-063
File-URL: https://unu-merit.nl/publications/wppdf/2014/wp2014-063.pdf
File-Format: application/pdf
File-Size: 329 Kb
Handle: RePEc:unm:unumer:2014063