Country | Dominican Republic |
Title | The impact of cash transfers on labor force participation and children schooling during the COVID-19 pandemic |
Evaluation design | This quasi-experimental study uses a difference-in- differences and regression discontinuity design to assess the impact of the goverment emergency package ¡°Qu¨¦date en Casa¡± (¡°Stay at Home¡±) on human capital investments during the pandemic. |
Main outcomes | Labor market participation of household adults, food diversity, and childcare and school attendance. |
Target groups | Households eligible or nearly eligible for the emergency social protection program |
Team | Xavier Gine (ľ¹ÏÓ°Ôº), Alejandro de la Fuente (ľ¹ÏÓ°Ôº), Hanan Jacoby (ľ¹ÏÓ°Ôº), Jos¨¦ Antonio Pellerano (SIUBEN, Dominican Republic) |