In low-income communities in both rich and poor countries, redistributive transfers within kin and social networks are … that across countries, from Cote d'Ivoire to the United States, social groups that undertake more interpersonal transfers … transfers do not decline, indicating no loss in redistribution. Our estimates imply a 9-14% social tax rate. The welfare …

transfers from their children lowers the opportunity cost of leisure of the elderly. This in turn magnifies the crowding … for the endogeneity of private transfers leads to a biased estimate of the crowding-out effect of public pensions. Using ….5 times larger when explicitly accounting for the interaction between private transfers and the labor supply decision of …

In this paper, I analyze the crowding-out effects of public transfers on labor supply of the elderly in the context of … developing countries. I argue that the interactions between private transfers received and labor supplied by the elderly affect … the opportunity cost of retirement and, therefore, magnify the crowding-out effects of public transfers on the labor …

). Coverage is broad but cash transfers are modest. This reflects distinctively conservative features - including, especially …, preferences for workfare and for minimal benefits paid in kind (food) rather than cash - combined with parsimonious cash transfers …

. This paper examines the potential tradeoffs between targeting these transfers towards low income households versus … providing universal cash transfers, also known as a Universal Basic Income. We start by discussing how the fact that most … imperfections in targeting using proxy-means tests, targeted transfers may result in substantially higher welfare gains than …

transfers. Articulating and understanding the root problem motivating government and nongovernmental organization intervention …

). Coverage is broad but cash transfers are modest. This reflects distinctively conservative features - including, especially …, preferences for workfare and for minimal benefits paid in kind (food) rather than cash - combined with parsimonious cash transfers …

monitoring. -- Poverty ; Targeting ; Transfers ; Spatial Prices …