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Author-Name: Gassmann, Franziska
Author-Email: gassmann@merit.unu.edu
Author-workplace-name: UNU‐MERIT, Maastricht University
Author-Name: Francois, Daphne
Author-Email: francois@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: Social welfare benefits and their impacts on labour market participation among 
	 men and women in Mongolia
Abstract: Aside from providing income support to individuals in dire situations, 
	 social welfare benefits may unintentionally influence labour decisions, 
	 such as whether or not to take up a job, how many hours to work and 
	 which type of work to opt for. This paper investigates the relationship 
	 between social welfare benefits and labour market outcomes, measured by 
	 labour market participation and work intensity for women and men in 
	 Mongolia. Mongolia has an extensive system of social welfare benefits, 
	 which are mainly allocated based on categorical criteria, and the 
	 country suffers from relatively low labour market participation. The 
	 empirical analysis uses data from the 2012 Mongolian Household 
	 Socio-economic Survey and applies standard regression analysis and 
	 quasi-experimental methods. The paper pays particular attention to women 
	 since - in spite of the fact that their level of education is similar to 
	 that of men - their labour market participation is considerably lower 
	 compared to men. The results of the analysis indicate that social 
	 welfare receipt does not affect the labour market participation of men, 
	 but it has a negative impact on women. In terms of hours worked, men in 
	 beneficiary households tend to work more hours, while women work fewer 
	 hours if they are social welfare recipients.
Keywords: social welfare benefits, labour market participation, Mongolia
Classification-JEL: I38, J22
Series: UNU-MERIT Working Papers
Creation-Date: 20160603
Number: 2016-033
File-URL: https://unu-merit.nl/publications/wppdf/2016/wp2016-033.pdf
File-Format: application/pdf
File-Size: 275 kb
Handle: RePEc:unm:unumer:2016033