The Importance of Existing Social Protection Programs for Mental Health in Pandemic Times
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Keywords
crisis; cash transfers; social protection; mental health; COVID-19;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
- I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being
- H12 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government - - - Crisis Management
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