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Creative Commons |
Locked Down and Locked Out: Repurposing Social Assistance in South Africa |
Researchers examine how an established social assistance system - not originally designed to support informal workers - can be re-purposed to provide emergency relief to support workers and their household in South Africa. |
Rocco Zizzamia, Ihsaan Bassier |
11 Sep 2024 |
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General Equilibrium Effects of Cash Transfers in Kenya (Frisch Medal 2024 Winner) |
Winner of the Frisch Medal 2024, this project examines the impact of a one-time cash transfers to over 10,500 poor households across villages in rural Kenya, on the individual households but also the community at large. |
Dennis Egger, Stefan Dercon |
27 Aug 2024 |
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Creative Commons |
An Adaptive Targeted Field Experiment: Job Search Assistance for Refugees in Jordan |
How can different kinds of policy help refugees and other displaced populations find work? This project focuses on three interventions designed to improve formal employment outcomes for Syrian refugees and local jobseekers in Jordan. |
Stefano Caria, Max Kasy, Simon Quinn |
22 Feb 2024 |
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Cash Transfer Grants in South Africa during the Covid-19 Pandemic: Work Behind the ESRC Outstanding Public Policy Impact Award 2023 |
The CSAE's Kate Orkin has won the ESRC award for Outstanding Public Policy Impact 2023. Stefan Dercon talks to Kate about the work behind the cash grant programme in South Africa during the Covid-19 pandemic that reached an extra 26.2 million people. |
Stefan Dercon, Kate Orkin |
28 Nov 2023 |
