Little is known about the effectiveness of means-tested benefits in Bulgaria. Using individual and household level data … reach a very small proportion of the households with incomes below a relative poverty line. Furthermore, the transfers are … characterized with very high non-take up and inclusion of non-entitled or non-poor recipients. Poverty rates decrease by a small …

Little is known about the effectiveness of means-tested benefits in Bulgaria. Using individual and household level data … a very small proportion of the households with incomes below a relative poverty line. Furthermore, the transfers are … characterized with very high non-take up and inclusion of non-entitled or non-poor recipients. Poverty rates decrease by a small …

poverty. We provide two empirical applications of our measure. First, we analyze the development of inequality in the US from …