Abstract

MESSINA, Giuseppe Manuel. La política social argentina durante el primer año de la pandemia del COVID-19: transferencias monetarias no contributivas, ingresos de los hogares y pobreza. Poblac. soc. [online]. 2022, vol.29, n.2, pp.104-129. ISSN 0328-3445.  http://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.19137/pys-2022-290205.

With a focus on the emergency measures taken by the federal government, this article discusses Argentine social policy during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Using the Permanent Household Survey microdata, the essay studies the main non-contributory cash transfer programs and their effects on household income, broken down by household characteristics. Data shows an expansion in the coverage and sum of social transfers, which had moderate effects on the increase in poverty and extreme poverty caused by the pandemic-related crisis.

Keywords : Covid-19; Social policy; Income transfers; Poverty.

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