ArticleJournal of development economics2021
Stepping up during a crisis: The unintended effects of a noncontributory pension program during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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- The impact of delayed retirement on the financial sustainability of China's urban employee pension insurance fund.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Controlling the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Malawi: Results from a multi-round study.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
- The effects of emergency government cash transfers on beliefs and behaviours during the COVID pandemic: Evidence from Brazil.Journal of economic behavior & organization · 2023Article
- Cash transfers as a response to COVID-19: Experimental evidence from Kenya.Journal of development economics · 2022Article
- COVID-19 in rural Africa: Food access disruptions, food insecurity and coping strategies in Kenya, Namibia, and Tanzania.Agricultural economics (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2022Article
- COVID-19 crisis and risk spillovers to developing economies: Evidence from Africa.Journal of international development · 2022Article
- Social Protection and Social Cohesion in Times of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from Kenya.The European journal of development research · 2022Article
- Viewpoint: High-frequency phone surveys on COVID-19: Good practices, open questions.Food policy · 2021Review
- Influences of Public Medical Insurance System on Labor Health Status and Supply.Iranian journal of public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
We use a regression discontinuity design to study the impacts of a noncontributory pension program covering one-third of Bolivian households during the COVID-19 pandemic. Becoming eligible for the program during the crisis increased the probability that households had a week's worth of food stocked by 25% and decreased the probability of going hungry by 40%. Although the program was not designed to provide emergency assistance, it provided unintended positive impacts during the crisis. The program's effects on hunger were particularly large for households that lost their livelihoods during the crisis and for low-income households. The results suggest that, during a systemic crisis, a preexisting near-universal pension program can quickly deliver positive impacts in line with the primary goals of a social safety net composed of an income-targeted cash transfer and an unemployment insurance program.
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