We consider the notion of welfare stigma à la Besley and Coate (1992b). This stigma is attributed to welfare claimants … by society when they are perceived as undeserving in the sense that they falsely claim to be eligible for welfare … benefits. However, due to imperfect information, this stigma may be extended, with some probability, to all welfare claimants …

(labor market impact, fiscal impact, capital deepening, endogenous education, endogenous inequality). We use a backsolving …

regardless of the exact location of the poverty line. Income inequality rose from 1988 to 1995 but has been fairly constant …

and inequality, and by their distributional characteristic. Our findings suggest that public transfers can be effective … unit subsidies limit the redistributive, poverty and inequality impacts of even the most targeted social assistance …

estimate the welfare consequences of these food price increases, and their distribution across households. Because Brazil is a …

This papers quantifies the redistributive effects on progressivity, poverty and welfare, that would occur if the … poverty reducing as the one in force (or more in some dimensions), and a generator of greater welfare. …

from each other. The imputed income from publicly provided education reduces inequality by between 3 and 4 Gini points and …

2000s. Since the recession, there was a rise in inequality and poverty levels and aggregate welfare decreased. While … transfers and unemployment compensation failed to address rising inequality and poverty in any significant way. At the same time …, Social Security contributed to surprisingly large increases in inequality due to the rise in pensions to the well …