Cash Transfers and Guaranteed Minimum Income Programs:
Research, Evaluation, and Policy

Prague, Czech Republic
September 9-10, 2024

• Day 1: Monday, 9 September


• 13:00–13:15 Welcome and Introductions
  
  • Arnošt Veselý, Vice-Dean for Science and Research, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University
    Martin Potůček, Charles University
    Douglas Besharov, University of Maryland
    Neil Gilbert, University of California, Berkeley
    
    
• 13:15–13:45 Keynote Address
  • Jiri Svarc, Head of Unit of the Social Policies, Child Guarantee, SPC division, Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs, and Inclusion, European Commission
    
    
• 13:45-15:15 Panel session: Comparing European Minimum Income Schemes
  • Panel chair: Georg Fischer, former director, Analysis, Evaluation, and External Relations, European Commission [ret.]
    
    
  • “Towards Universal Social Protection: Simulating Reform Strategies in Five EU Countries”
    Emma Álvarez Cronin and Jose Antonio Noguera, Autonomous University of Barcelona
    Abstract Paper
    
    
  • “Improving Coordination between Benefit Administration and Services”
    Agota Scharle, Budapest Institute for Policy Analysis
    Abstract Paper
    
    
  • “Minimum Income Schemes and Work Incentives in EU-27”
    Kateryna Bornukova, Joint Research Centre, European Comission
    Abstract Paper
    
    
  • “Minimum Income Schemes and Gender: How Income Sharing Assumptions Affect Gender Gaps in Last Resort Income Protection”
    Alessandro Nardo, University of Antwerp - Center for Social Policy (CSB) Herman Deleeck
    Abstract Paper
    
    
  • “Beyond the Roof Overhead: An Analysis of Asset Testing Requirements for Minimum Income Recipients in the European Union”
    Joanna Mroczka and Daniele Pacifico, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
    Abstract Paper
    
    
• 15:15-15:30 Coffee Break


• 15:30-17:15 Panel Session: Evaluation issues
  • Panel chair: Laura Peck, Principal Scientist and Domain Director, Income Security & Economic Mobility, MEF Associates; Co-Editor-in-Chief, American Journal of Evaluation
    
    
  • “Food Insecurity Caused by Housing Insecurity: Lessons from a One-time Cash Transfer Experiment in the US Midwest”
    Jerry Anthony, University of Iowa
    Abstract Paper
    
    
  • “The Baby’s First Years Study: Filling a Scientific Gap”
    Lisa Gennetian, Duke University
    Abstract Paper
    
    
  • “Exploring the Relationship Between Attitudes Toward Poverty, Belief in Structural Racism, and Support for Guaranteed Income: Results from a 2024 Nationally Representative Survey”
    Monica De La Cruz, University of California, Berkeley
    Abstract Paper
    
    
  • “Exploring the Democratic Consequences of Cash Transfer Programs”
    Sarah Bruch, University of Delaware
    Abstract Paper
    
    
  • “An Analysis of the Effectiveness of Cash Transfers on Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence”
    Andrea Hetling, Rutgers University
    Abstract Paper
    
    
  • “Effects of Recent Guaranteed Income Programs in High-Income Countries: A Systematic Literature Review”
    Joanna Woronkowicz and Douglas Noonan, Indiana University
    Abstract Paper
    
    
• 17:15 End of First Day


• 19:30 Conference Dinner
  
  • Café Louvre
    Národní 22, Prague 1
    


• Day 2: Tuesday, 10 September


• 9:00-10:15 Panel Session: The Role of Safety Net Programs
  
  • Panel chair: Andrea Hetling, professor, Rutgers University
    
    
  • “Crisis resilience of European welfare states: The role of multiple layers of protection”
    Werner Eichhorst, IZA
    Abstract Paper
    
    
  • “Regulating the Poor through Internal Borders: The EU in Historical and International Perspectives"
    Martin Seeleib-Kaiser, Tubingen University
    Abstract Paper
    
    
  • “The Envisioned Age-Indexed Basic Income Model”
    Joni Askola, Charles University
    Abstract Paper
    
    
  • “The Impact of UBI on Generative Welfare Operations”
    Kyungbae Chung, Korean Socio-Economic Society
    Abstract Paper
    
    
• 10:15-10:30 Coffee Break


• 10:30-12:00 Panel Session: Western Europe
  
  • Panel chair: Burt Barnow, professor, George Washington University
    
    
  • “Minimum Income Schemes in Italy: Effects on Poverty, Inequality and Labour Supply”
    Massimo Aprea, Sapienza University of Rome
    Abstract Paper
    
    
  • “Cash Transfers in Long-term Care: Exploring (Non-)Take-up”
    August Österle, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business
    Abstract Paper
    
    
  • “Double Versus Single Threshold Eligibility Designs in Minimum Income Schemes”
    Dmitry Petrov, University of Alcalá
    Abstract Paper
    
    
  • “Between Neoliberal and Ethicized welfare: Recent Developments of Minimum Income Schemes in Czechia”
    Lucie Trlifajová, Charles University
    Abstract Paper
    
    
  • “Securing the Future: The Impact of the Finnish Guarantee Pension on Labor Supply and Health”
    Ohto Kanninen and Ozan Yanar, University of Helsinki
    Abstract Paper
    
    
• 12:00-13:15 Lunch


• 13:15-15:00 Panel Session: Central and Eastern Europe
  
  • Panel chair: Fernando Burgos, Fundação Getulio Vargas
    
    
  • “The Political Economy of Targeting: An Empirical Assessment of Poland’s Family 500+ Programme”
    Stephanie Roost, UNU-MERIT, Maastricht University
    Abstract Paper
    
    
  • “Navigating EU Standards: Poland's Struggle with Minimum Income Adequacy, Coverage and Take-Up”
    Ryszard Szarfenberg, University of Warsaw
    Abstract Paper
    
    
  • “Analyzing the GMI Experience of a Welfare State Outlier: The Case of Cyprus”
    Varvara Lalioti, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
    Abstract Paper
    
    
  • “Adequacy of Guaranteed Minimum Benefit scheme as a poverty alleviation toll in Croatia”
    Zdenko Babić, Zagreb University - Social Work Study Center
    Abstract Paper
    
    
  • “Distributional Impact Assessment of Recent Changes to Pensions, Cash Transfers and Taxes in Lithuania”
    Jekaterina Navicke, Vilnius University
    Abstract Paper
    
    
  • “Adequacy of Minimum Income Scheme in Slovakia: Power Resources Theory and Historical Institutionalism Perspectives”
    Daniel Gerbery, Comenius University in Bratislava
    Abstract Paper
    
    
• 15:00-15:15 Coffee Break


• 15:15-16:30 Panel session: India, Mozambique, and the MENA region
  
  • Panel Chair: David Seidenfeld, Vice President, American Institutes for Research
    
    
  • “Implementing Child Protection Case Management in Cash Plus Programs: Qualitative Evidence from Mozambique’s Child Grant 0-2 years Program”
    Paula Dias, American Institutes for Research
    Abstract Paper
    
    
  • “The impact of the Prime Minister Kisan Samman Nidhi (PMK) on Household Participation in the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in India”
    Kasim Saiyyad, Cornell University
    Abstract Paper
    
    
  • “Cash Transfers for Maternal and Child Nutrition: What Can the Indian Experience Teach Us?”
    Shree Saha, Cornell University
    Abstract Paper
    
    
  • “Cash Transfers in the MENA Region: Two Decades of Impact Evaluation and Lessons Learned”
    Anis Brik, Hamad Bin Khalifa University
    Abstract Paper
    
    
• 16:30-17:45 Panel Session: Central and South America
  
  • Panel chair: Neil Gilbert, professor, University of California, Berkeley
    
    
  • “Overcoming the Trans-local Paradox of New Municipalism: The ‘Standardized Malleability’ of Basic Income with Digital Municipal Currencies”
    Eduardo H. Diniz and Ester Barinaga, Fundação Getulio Vargas
    Abstract Paper
    
    
  • “Trajectory, Challenges, and Outcomes of CCTs: Analyzing 20 Years of the Bolsa Família Program”
    Fernando Burgos, Fundação Getulio Vargas
    Abstract Paper
    
    
  • “A Review of Exclusion Errors in Cash Transfer Programs Across Mexico, Brazil, and Colombia”
    Santiago Munevar Salazar, American Institutes for Research
    Abstract Paper
    
    
  • “Do Enrollment Gains from Conditional Cash Transfers Sustain Disruption? Evidence From Mexico”
    Susan Parker, University of Maryland
    Abstract Paper
    
    
• 17:45 Adjourn

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