To mitigate the impact of the 2008-2010 global financial crisis on vulnerable households, the Government of Latvia established Workplaces with Stipends, an emergency public works program that targeted registered unemployed people who were not receiving unemployment benefits. This paper evaluates the targeting performance and welfare impacts of the program. It exploits the over-subscription of Workplaces with Stipends to define a control group. The...
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INFORMACIÓN
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2012/07/01
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Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas
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WPS6144
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2012/07/01
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Disclosed
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Did Latvia's public works program mitigate the impact of the 2008-2010 crisis ?
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distribution of household