Social protection amid a crisis: New evidence from South Africa’s Older Person’s Grant
This study estimates the effects of South Africa’s Older Person’s Grant on well-being amid the COVID-19 pandemic. With household-level data collected before and during the pandemic, it leverages the age-eligibility threshold of the grant to estimate its effects on households in both periods. Prior t...
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| author | Alloush, Mo Bloem, Jeffrey R. Malacarne, J. G. |
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| description | This study estimates the effects of South Africa’s Older Person’s Grant on well-being amid the COVID-19 pandemic. With household-level data collected before and during the pandemic, it leverages the age-eligibility threshold of the grant to estimate its effects on households in both periods. Prior to the pandemic, this study finds that grant receipt substantially improves economic well-being and decreases adult hunger at the household level. During the first 18 months of the pandemic, this study finds larger effects on both economic well-being and hunger than prior to the pandemic. In particular, recipient households were less likely to report running out of money for food and hunger among either adults or children. These results, which are stronger when pandemic-related lockdown policies are in place and for more vulnerable households, provide critical insight into the effectiveness of one of the world’s most well-known cash-transfer programs during a massive global health crisis. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1347782025-10-26T12:51:34Z Social protection amid a crisis: New evidence from South Africa’s Older Person’s Grant Alloush, Mo Bloem, Jeffrey R. Malacarne, J. G. cash transfers coronavirus coronavirus disease coronavirinae covid-19 data households hunger This study estimates the effects of South Africa’s Older Person’s Grant on well-being amid the COVID-19 pandemic. With household-level data collected before and during the pandemic, it leverages the age-eligibility threshold of the grant to estimate its effects on households in both periods. Prior to the pandemic, this study finds that grant receipt substantially improves economic well-being and decreases adult hunger at the household level. During the first 18 months of the pandemic, this study finds larger effects on both economic well-being and hunger than prior to the pandemic. In particular, recipient households were less likely to report running out of money for food and hunger among either adults or children. These results, which are stronger when pandemic-related lockdown policies are in place and for more vulnerable households, provide critical insight into the effectiveness of one of the world’s most well-known cash-transfer programs during a massive global health crisis. 2024-04-29 2023-11-28T20:58:32Z 2023-11-28T20:58:32Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/134778 en Limited Access Oxford University Press Alloush, Mo; Bloem, Jeffrey R.; and Malacarne, J. G. 2024. Social protection amid a crisis: New evidence from South Africa’s Older Person’s Grant. World Bank Economic Review 38(2): 371-393. https://doi.org/10.1093/wber/lhad037 |
| spellingShingle | cash transfers coronavirus coronavirus disease coronavirinae covid-19 data households hunger Alloush, Mo Bloem, Jeffrey R. Malacarne, J. G. Social protection amid a crisis: New evidence from South Africa’s Older Person’s Grant |
| title | Social protection amid a crisis: New evidence from South Africa’s Older Person’s Grant |
| title_full | Social protection amid a crisis: New evidence from South Africa’s Older Person’s Grant |
| title_fullStr | Social protection amid a crisis: New evidence from South Africa’s Older Person’s Grant |
| title_full_unstemmed | Social protection amid a crisis: New evidence from South Africa’s Older Person’s Grant |
| title_short | Social protection amid a crisis: New evidence from South Africa’s Older Person’s Grant |
| title_sort | social protection amid a crisis new evidence from south africa s older person s grant |
| topic | cash transfers coronavirus coronavirus disease coronavirinae covid-19 data households hunger |
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