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Income inequality and government transfers in Mexico
Lambert, Frederic; Park, Hyunmin - 2019
We analyze microdata from Mexico's survey on household income and expenditures (ENIGH) to study the evolution of income inequality in Mexico over 2004-16, identify its sources, and investigate how it was affected by government social policy. We find evidence of only a small decline in inequality...
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Social programs and formal employment : evidence from the Brazilian Bolsa Família Program
Fruttero, Anna; Leichsenring, Alexandre Ribeiro; Paiva, … - 2020
Employment is key to combating poverty. Thus, detractors of social assistance programs argue that they create …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012252007
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Targeting Social Transfers to the Poor in Mexico
Coady, David - 2009
Mexico’s main social support program, Oportunidades, combines two methods to target cash to poor households: an initial self-selection by households who acquire knowledge about the program and apply for benefits, followed by an administrative determination of eligibility based on a means test....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014404268
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Short-And Long-Term Poverty and Social Policy in a ""Snakes and Ladders"" Model of Growth
Cuevas, Alfredo - 2001
Throughout the world, the great popularity of programs to protect those who may fall into poverty stands in contrast … with the weakness of policies aimed at helping individuals who are already poor to overcome long-term poverty. In the paper …, an OLG model with persistent poverty and limited social mobility is used to explore some of the reasons for the different …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014401452
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Jordan : Restructuring Public Expenditures and Protecting the Poor
Ahmad, Ehtisham - 1991
In Jordan, a system of general food subsidies became untenable in budgetary terms, with a sharp devaluation of the dinar in the late 1980s. A shift from a general subsidy system to limited rations would greatly reduce budgetary costs and minimize adverse effects on the poor. To reduce subsidies,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014395808