Argentina’s Emergency Family Income (IFE): An opportunity for women’s empowerment |
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Authors: | Vanesa D’Elia Julio Gaiada |
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Institution: | 1. UCEMA, Buenos Aires, Argentina;2. FLACSO, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
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Abstract: | This article provides empirical evidence regarding the impact of the Emergency Family Income (Ingreso Familiar de Emergencia – IFE), which was implemented in Argentina in 2020. Investigated is the impact of the IFE on women’s role in providing household income and on the distribution of roles within households, as a reflection of women’s empowerment. Drawing on various household surveys, the study compared those women eligible to receive the transfer with those who were not. A difference-in-differences (DID) methodology was used to measure the impact. Following the implementation of the IFE, women’s share of couple income and household income is found to have increased by some 8 per cent and 11 per cent, respectively, while the probability of women being solely responsible for household chores has fallen by 4 per cent. |
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Keywords: | cash benefit women’s empowerment women COVID–19 Argentina prestations en espèces autonomisation des femmes femmes Argentine prestaciones monetarias mujeres potenciación de las mujeres Argentina Geldleistungen Frauen Ermächtigung der Frauen Argentinien |
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