Template-type: ReDif-Paper 1.0 
Author-Name: Gassmann, Franziska
Author-Email: gassmann@merit.unu.edu
Author-workplace-name: UNU‐MERIT, Maastricht University
Author-Name: Zardo Trindade, Lorena
Author-Email: lorena.zardotrindade@uantwerpen.be
Author-workplace-name: Center for Social Policy Herman Deleeck, University of Antwerp
Title: The effect of means-tested social transfers on labour supply: heads versus 
	 spouses - An empirical analysis of work disincentives in the Kyrgyz Republic
Abstract: This paper empirically estimates potential work disincentives of a 
	 means-tested social transfer in the Kyrgyz Republic for adults with 
	 different household positions. Using data from the Kyrgyz Integrated 
	 Household Survey 2012, the analysis compares labour market outcomes for 
	 household heads and spouses. Binary response models and 
	 quasi-experimental methods are applied to assess the effect of the 
	 Monthly Benefit for Poor Families with Children (MBPF) on labour supply. 
	 The analysis indicates that overall beneficiaries have on average higher 
	 labour market participation rates when compared to non-beneficiaries, 
	 but they are more exposed to seasonal effects. Results differ when 
	 analysing different household members separately. Household heads in 
	 beneficiary households are less likely to be economically active than 
	 similar non-beneficiaries. Yet, spouses are more likely to be 
	 economically active. However, the effects differ depending on whether 
	 the household is located in the South or the North of the country.
Keywords: social transfers, work disincentives, Kyrgyz Republic
Classification-JEL: I38, J22 
Series: UNU-MERIT Working Papers
Creation-Date: 20160519
Number: 2016-030
File-URL: https://unu-merit.nl/publications/wppdf/2016/wp2016-030.pdf
File-Format: application/pdf
File-Size: 275 kb
Handle: RePEc:unm:unumer:2016030