全球智库信息集成服务系统(G2TT): The Power of Transparency: Information, Identification Cards and Food Subsidy Programs in Indonesia

G2TT

来源类型	Working Paper
规范类型	报告
DOI	10.3386/w20923
来源ID	Working Paper 20923
	The Power of Transparency: Information, Identification Cards and Food Subsidy Programs in Indonesia
	Abhijit Banerjee; Rema Hanna; Jordan C. Kyle; Benjamin A. Olken; Sudarno Sumarto
发表日期	2015-02-09
出版年	2015
语种	英语
摘要	Can governments improve aid programs by providing information to beneficiaries? In our model, information can change how much aid citizens receive as they bargain with local officials who implement national programs. In a large-scale field experiment, we test whether mailing cards with program information to beneficiaries increases their subsidy from a subsidized rice program. Beneficiaries received 26 percent more subsidy in card villages. Ineligible households received no less, so this represents lower leakage. The evidence suggests that this effect is driven by citizen bargaining with local officials. Experimentally adding the official price to the cards increased the subsidy by 21 percent compared to cards without price information. Additional public information increased higher-order knowledge about eligibility, leading to a 16 percent increase in subsidy compared to just distributing cards. In short, increased transparency empowered citizens to reduce leakages and improve program functioning.
主题	Microeconomics ; Welfare and Collective Choice ; Health, Education, and Welfare ; Poverty and Wellbeing ; Development and Growth ; Development
URL	https://www.nber.org/papers/w20923
来源智库	National Bureau of Economic Research (United States)
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资源类型	智库出版物
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/578598
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Abhijit Banerjee,Rema Hanna,Jordan C. Kyle,et al. The Power of Transparency: Information, Identification Cards and Food Subsidy Programs in Indonesia. 2015.