| Date: | 2002-2005 |
| Web: | Official website of the programme |
| Description: | This conditional cash transfer programme (CCT) includes employment actions. It unifies emergency employment programmes in the context of economic, social and political crisis that hit the country in late 2001. |
Characteristics
| Target population: | Families with unemployed heads of households with children up to age 18, disabled or pregnant women. |
| Geographic scale: | National |
| Targeting method: | 1) Categorical: unemployed heads of households 2) Community: Local Advisory Councils |
| Exit strategies or criteria: | When household loses eligibility; Migration to the programme "Familias por la Inclusion Social" since 2005. |
Institutionality
| Legal framework: | Regulation 165/02 Decree no. 565/02, Decree no. 39/03, Decree no. 144/03, Decree no. 1353-1303; Decree no 696/03 ; Decree no 1506-1504, Law No. 26,077 |
| Responsible organization(s): | Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security |
| Source of funding: | Government of Argentina, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) |
1) Subsidio (Subsidy)
| Recipient(s): | 1) Children under 18 years old. 2) Disabled 3) Pregnant women |
| Mode of transfer: | Flat transfer |
| Mode of delivery: | Debit card |
| Periodicity of delivery: | Monthly |
| Recipient of the transfer: | Head of household |
| Maximum per household: | One transfer per household |
| Conditionalities: | Employment: Participation of users in social infrastructure projects or in training activities that involve a time commitment between 4 and 6 hours per day. Health: Attendance to health checks and vaccinations. Education: Children: Regular school attendance. |
| Comments: | The component "community activities " includes community and social support tasks (communal and school dining, orchards, community wardrobes, care for people, etc.), rural and urban development (fairs, municipal slaughterhouses, etc.), tourism (conservation of historic and cultural areas, guidance and tourist assistance services, etc), environmental projects, building activities and / or social housing, etc. The component "materials" includes utility infrastructure projects, sanitation infrastructure, social, productive and development infrastructure, habitat improvement and community orchards, which are run by municipalities, government and community boards. It also includes activities such as ending studies, training, and seasonal jobs. |
Poverty and Employability Effects of Workfare Programs in Argentina
| Author: | Roncomi, L., Sanguinetti, J., Fachelli, S., Casazza, V. and Francescechelli, I. |
| Date: | 2006 |
| Publication info: | PMMA Working Paper 2006-14 |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Impact evaluation on labour market |
Jump-starting Self-employment? Evidence for Welfare Participants in Argentina
| Author: | Almeida, R. and Galasso, E. |
| Date: | 2010 |
| Publication info: | World Development Volume 38, Issue 5, May 2010, Pages 742-755 |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Impact evaluation on labour market |
Labor informality effects of a poverty-alleviation program
| Author: | Gasparini, L., Haimovich, F. and Olivieri, S. |
| Date: | 2007 |
| Publication info: | CEDLAS, Working Paper, N° 53, Buenos Aires, Universidad Nacional de La Plata. |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Impact evaluation on labour market |
Social protection in a crisis: Argentina’s plan Jefes y Jefas
| Author: | Galasso, E. and Ravallion, M. |
| Date: | 2003 |
| Publication info: | Policy Research Working Paper, N° 3165, Washington, D.C., World Bank |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Impact evaluation on labour market |
Effectiveness of Active Labour Market Tools in Conditional Cash Transfers programmes: Evidence for Argentina
| Author: | López Mourelo, E. and Escudero, V. |
| Date: | 2016 |
| Publication info: | Working Paper No. 11, Research Department, ILO |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Impact evaluation on labour market |
Segunda evaluación del Programa Jefes de Hogar. Resultados de la encuesta a beneficiarios
| Author: | Ministerio de Trabajo, Empleo y Seguridad Social (2004) |
| Date: | 2004 |
| Publication info: | Trabajo, ocupación y empleo. Estudios 2004 |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Evaluation |
Transiciones ocupacionales: el caso del Plan Jefes y Jefas
| Author: | Cortés, Rosalía; Groisman, Fernando and Hoszowki, Agusto |
| Date: | n/d |
| Publication info: | Realidad Económica 202 [online] |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | General information / Evaluation |
El Plan Jefes y Jefas de Hogar Desocupados (PJyJHD). Análisis de sus características y objetivos. Fortalezas y debilidades
| Author: | Neffa, Julio César |
| Date: | n/d |
| Publication info: | CLACSO [online] |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | General information / Evaluation |
Derecho a la inclusión o paz social? Plan Jefas y Jefes de Hogar Desocupados
| Author: | Golbert, Laura |
| Date: | 2004 |
| Publication info: | Serie políticas sociales (84), CEPAL [online] |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | General information / Evaluation |
El clientelismo en la gestión de programas sociales contra la pobreza, Documento de políticas Públicas / Análisis (60)
| Author: | Gruenberg, Christian and Victoria Pereyra Iraola |
| Date: | 2009 |
| Publication info: | CIPPEC [online] |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Clientelism |
