Search Results - subject:"Means Testing"

On the optimal design of pension systems

Fehr, Hans; Uhde, Johannes - In: Empirica : journal of european economics 40 (2013) 3, pp. 457-482

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Program participation under means-testing and self-selection targeting methods

Coady, David P.; Parker, Susan W. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2005

"The use of means testing for determining eligibility has become increasingly popular in developing countries wishing … to improve the targeting performance of their social safety net programs. However, past experience shows that means … testing often reduces program participation of eligible households—this is true even for universally available programs in …

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Program participation under means-testing and self-selection targeting methods

Coady, David P.; Parker, Susan W. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2005

"Using data that enables us to distinguish between the different components of program participation (i.e., knowledge, application, and acceptance), we investigate the determinants of household behavior and program implementation in a social safety-net program that combines administrative and...

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Il pilastro privato del sistema previdenziale. Il caso del Regno Unito

Spadafora, Francesco - Banca d'Italia - 2004

In striking contrast with the majority of other European economies, the UK pension system does not pose problems of financial sustainability to public finances. Public expenditure for pensions is foreseen to remain relatively stable for the next 50 years, around 5 percent of GDP, thanks to the...

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The take-up of multiple means-tested benefits by British pensioners. Evidence from the Family Resources Survey

Hancock, Ruth; Pudney, Stephen; Barker, Geraldine; … - Department of Economics, Leicester University - 2003

-up; pensions; means-testing; welfare participation. ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE: Ruth Hancock, Nuffield Community Care Studies … Pudney, S. E., Hernandez, M. and Hancock, R. M. (2002). The welfare cost of means- testing: pensioner participation in Income …

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Analyse de l'évolution récente des dépenses de santé et perspectives. L'exigence d'une plus grande solidarité

Léonard, Christian - In: Reflets et perspectives de la vie économique XLII (2003) 1, pp. 17-30

be the top priority for Belgians, it will be necessary to restrict spending. There is a great temptation to opt for means-testing …

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Optimal public rationing and price response

Grassi, Simona; Ma, Ching-to Albert - In: Journal of Health Economics 30 (2011) 6, pp. 1197-1206

consumers according to their wealth information (means testing). In equilibrium, the public supplier must ration both rich and …

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The Impact on Residential Choice of the Family Home Exemption in Resource-Tested Transfer Programs

Piggott, John; Sane, Renuka - ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research … - 2011

Many countries have policies offering transfers or other entitlements, subject to a resources test. In most cases, these exempt the family home. While the impacts of means-tested programs on saving and labor supply have been extensively studied, exempting the owner-occupier home has escaped...

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A comparison of family policy designs of Australia and Norway using microsimulation models

Kalb, Guyonne; Thoresen, Thor - In: Review of Economics of the Household 8 (2010) 2, pp. 255-287

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Subsidy design: wealth versus benefits

Grassi, Simona; Ma, Ching-to - In: Journal of Economics 101 (2010) 1, pp. 49-72

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