The Labour Market Effects of Cash Transfers to the Unemployed: Evidence from South Africa
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Keywords
Cash transfers; Labour market; Unemployment; South Africa; COVID-19; Social Relief of Distress grant;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D04 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Microeconomic Policy: Formulation; Implementation; Evaluation
- D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
- C54 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Quantitative Policy Modeling
- H53 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Welfare Programs
- J48 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Particular Labor Markets; Public Policy
- J68 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Public Policy
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DEV-2025-03-10 (Development)
- NEP-IUE-2025-03-10 (Informal and Underground Economics)
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