Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Miguel Angel Borrella-Mas
Author-Workplace-Name: Universidad de Navarra.
Author-Name: Mariano Bosch
Author-Workplace-Name: Inter-American Development Bank.
Author-Name: Marcello Sartarelli
Author-Workplace-Name: Universidad Complutense de Madrid and ICAE.
Title: Heterogeneous Effect of a Non-contributory Pension. Evidence from Bolivia
Abstract: We test whether eligibility for the Renta Dignidad social pen- sion mitigates old-age poverty and induces (in)direct behavioural 
	responses by using a regression discontinuity design as the age cut- off determining eligibility is set at 60. We find that, first, 
	neither poverty nor consumption or labour supply are affected by spouses’ eligibility and, second, the probability of co-residing 
	grandchildren in households with both spouses eligible is higher. We contribute to the literature by showing how the role of gender in 
	decisions with an intergenerational component can help rationalising apparent limita- tions of the pension in fighting poverty in the 
	short-run.
Classification-JEL: D13, H2, J22, J26.
Keywords: Consumption; Gender; Household composition; Labour supply; Poverty; Regression discontinuity; Renta Dignidad; Social pension.
Length: 74 pages 
Creation-Date: 2019-11
Number: 2019-35
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File-URL: https://eprints.ucm.es/id/eprint/57779/1/1935.pdf
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Handle: RePEc:ucm:doicae:1935