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We use data from a Brazilian social program to investigate the existence of gender bias in intrahousehold allocations of resources. The program makes cash transfers to mothers and pregnant women in poor households. Bureaucratic mistakes, beyond the control of the applicants, have inadvertently...
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In the past decade, conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs have become an important component of social policy in developing countries. While the impacts of these programs have been well researched with respect to their effectiveness to achieve intended outcomes, less is known about their...
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domestic destinations in Brazil, in terms of expenditure level and composition. We also look at different alternative of … domestic tourism in Brazil to consolidate an interstate matrix of expenditures by tourists. We then use an interregional input …-output system for Brazil to compute the tourism multipliers based on alternative hypotheses for the sources of financing of …
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The transfer elasticity of income tax rates is an important parameter in public finance. Given the significant fiscal autonomy of Swiss municipalities, Switzerland is an ideal setting for examining behavioral responses to tax policy. Using a regression kink design, we find robust causal evidence...
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