| 来源类型 | Working Paper
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| 规范类型 | 报告
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| DOI | 10.3386/w24939
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| 来源ID | Working Paper 24939
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| Universal Basic Incomes vs. Targeted Transfers: Anti-Poverty Programs in Developing Countries |
| Rema Hanna; Benjamin A. Olken
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| 发表日期 | 2018-08-27
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| 出版年 | 2018
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| 语种 | 英语
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| 摘要 | Developing country governments are increasingly implementing cash assistance programs to combat poverty and inequality. 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 households in poor countries do not pay income taxes changes how we conceptually think about Universal Basic Incomes. We then analyze data from two countries, Indonesia and Peru, to document the tradeoffs involved. The results suggest that, despite the imperfections in targeting using proxy-means tests, targeted transfers may result in substantially higher welfare gains than universal programs, because for a given total budget they deliver much higher transfers to the poor. On the other hand, targeted transfers do lead to more horizontal equity violations, and do create an implied tax on consumption in the region where benefits are phased out. We discuss how alternative targeting approaches, such as community-targeting and self-targeting, can be used to further improve targeting in some situations. |
| 主题 | Public Economics
; National Fiscal Issues
; Development and Growth
; Development
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| URL | https://www.nber.org/papers/w24939
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| 来源智库 | National Bureau of Economic Research (United States)
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| 资源类型 | 智库出版物
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| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/582613
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Rema Hanna,Benjamin A. Olken. Universal Basic Incomes vs. Targeted Transfers: Anti-Poverty Programs in Developing Countries. 2018.
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