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Table 14 Effect of temporal distance between pay and reference day on daily hours of work (recipients only)

From: Do benefit recipients change their labor supply after receiving the cash transfer? Evidence from the Peruvian Juntos program

 

Payment date within municipalities

 

Earliest pay date

Latest pay date

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Panel A

    

Coefficient on linear specification

0.127***

0.131***

0.119***

0.123***

 

(0.014)

(0.013)

(0.025)

(0.039)

 

[0.523]

[0.546]

[0.489]

[0.557]

Panel B

    

Transfer occurred (with respect to the reference day):

    

At least 7 days before

0.157***

0.109***

0.123**

0.173***

 

(0.044)

(0.034)

(0.041)

(0.053)

5or 6 days before

-0.288**

-0.268*

-0.230*

-0.196*

 

(0.116)

(0.156)

(0.101)

(0.091)

3 or 4 days before

-0.434**

-0.489**

-0.339

-0.432**

 

(0.228)

(0.204)

(0.243)

(0.213)

2 days before

-0.251

-0.266

-0.252

-0.209

 

(0.237)

(0.212)

(0.212)

(0.221)

1 day before

0.053

-0.067

-0.039

0.051

 

(0.234)

(0.209)

(0.249)

(0.219)

1 day after

0.180

0.174

0.178

0.263

 

(0.244)

(0.219)

(0.256)

(0.227)

2 days after

0.343

0.313

0.442*

0.448**

 

(0.247)

(0.223)

(0.257)

(0.230)

3 or 4 days after

0.243

0.203

0.326

0.380*

 

(0.231)

(0.209)

(0.242)

(0.217)

5 or 6 days after

0.829***

0.818***

0.962***

1.023***

 

(0.263)

(0.241)

(0.278)

(0.252)

At least 7 days after

1.132***

1.203***

1.267***

1.134***

 

(0.276)

(0.253)

(0.294)

(0.277)

 

[0.520]

[0.610]

[0.519]

[0.537]

Individual fixed effects

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Observations

5,789

7,105

5,789

7,105

Number of individuals

827

1,015

827

1,015

  1. Notes: Robust standard errors in parentheses. R-squared in brackets.
  2. ***p < 0.01, **p < 0.05, *p < 0.1.