We study the productive and psychological effects of LEAP 1000, a program integrating cash transfer and health insurance in Ghana. We assess impacts on livestock ownership and commercialisation, household investments (including savings) and time preferences as a measure of behavioural changes....

Over the years, the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) has been at the forefront of the government's efforts to alleviate poverty and improve health and nutrition outcomes among the most vulnerable Filipino families. These programs, which offer financial assistance in return for complying...

In most disability insurance programs beneficiaries lose some or all of their benefits if they earn above an earnings threshold. While intended to screen out applicants with high remaining working capacity, earnings limits can also distort the labor supply of beneficiaries. We use a reduction in...

Assessing the adequacy of minimum income benefits for individuals with low or no income is a timely topic, as vulnerable groups face increasing labour market fragmentation and precarious conditions amid economic downturn and inflation. In 2023, there were around 94.6 million people in the EU at...

This report focuses on unemployment and minimum income benefits for people of working age. Individuals with short or no employment records (mainly young people), the self-employed, those with non-standard working arrangements, and the long-term unemployed are often not entitled to higher-tier,...

This report focuses on unemployment and minimum income benefits for people of working age. Individuals with short or no employment records (mainly young people), the self-employed, those with non-standard working arrangements, and the long-term unemployed are often not entitled to higher-tier,...

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the government of Cameroon launched anemergency cash transfers program in urban areas. It aimed to mitigate the adverse economic impacts by providing temporary income support to poor informal sector workers unable to access other social protection benefits....