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Impact on Marginalised Roma Households

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  • Sandra Albert

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In this paper, we experimentally evaluate the impact on marginalised Roma households of a cash transfer program in 8 EU countries. We use a unique panel of household-level survey data. Our empirical strategy compares Roma households exposed to the program to Roma households drawn from thousands of non-supported Roma households, adjusting for observable differences using a flexible estimator that combines features of matching and regression. We find a significant and positive impact of the unconditional cash transfer program on the marginalised Roma household well being and labour market outcomes. There is no evidence that the labor market gains are driven by improvements in neighborhood environments that promote human capital development.

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  • Sandra Albert, 2020. "Impact on Marginalised Roma Households," Journal of Economics and Econometrics, Economics and Econometrics Society, vol. 63(2), pages 1-17.
  • Handle: RePEc:eei:journl:v:63:y:2020:i:2:p:1-17
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    Keywords

    COVID-19; marginalised Roma; survey; randomised cash transfer experiment;
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    JEL classification:

    • O12 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
    • O13 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Agriculture; Natural Resources; Environment; Other Primary Products
    • Q12 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets

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