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Integration of administrative records for social protection policies : contributions from the Brazilian experience

Bartholo, Letícia; Mostafa, Joana; Osorio, Rafael Guerreiro - 2018

Integrating information for the purpose of articulating social protection policies is hard work. It requires a combination of political will, capacity for institutional cooperation, software development and direct communication channels with citizens. Because of this complexity, countries that...

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Transfers, Social Safety Nets, and Economic Growth

Sala-i-Martin, Xavier - 2006

This paper analyses the role of social safety nets in the form of redistributional transfers and wage subsidies. It is … choice, wage subsidies may be better than pure transfers. Using a simple growth model, the optimal size of the public welfare … program is found and it is argued that public welfare should be financed with income (not lump-sum) taxes, despite the fact …

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Fiscal policy and inclusive growth in Latin America : lessons for Asia

Lee, Sang-hyop; Park, Donghyun - 2014

Broadly speaking, developing Asia and Latin America are at similar income and development levels. Relative to the advanced economies, economic growth and development are much more urgent priorities for both, yet Latin America has significantly more experience in using fiscal policy to tackle...

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Social Protection in Kenya : A Catalyst for Economic Growth and Development

Obare, Alice - 2021

basic conveniences such as nutrition, healthcare and education. Cash transfers programs have protected the elderly, orphans …

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Social Security Expenditure and Economic Growth : An Empirical Assessment

Bellettini, Giorgio; Berti Ceroni, Carlotta - 2001

In this paper, we analyse the empirical relationship between social security expenditure and economic growth, using cross-country data for a sample of 61 countries and panel data for a sample of 20 industrialized countries. We find that, whenever a statistically significant association between...

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A Closer Look: Proximity Boosts Homeless Student Performance in New York City

Cassidy, Michael T. - 2020

Proximity augments homeless students' educational outcomes. Homeless K-8 graders whose families are placed in shelters near their schools have 8 percent (2.4 days) better attendance, are a third (18 percentage points) less likely to change schools, and exhibit higher rates of proficiency and...

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Short Moves and Long Stays: Homeless Family Responses to Exogenous Shelter Assignments in New York City

Cassidy, Michael T. - 2020

Using an original administrative dataset in the context of a scarcity induced-natural experi-ment in New York City, I find that families placed in shelters in their neighborhoods of origin remain there considerably longer than those assigned to distant shelters. Locally-placed families also...

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