Search Results - subject:"means-testing"

Do means‑tested childcare subsidies discourage work?

Vattø, Trin Engh; Østbakken, Kjersti Misje - In: Journal of population economics : international … 37 (2024) 1, pp. 1-31

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Non-linear means-tested pensions : welfare and distributional analyses

Wheadon, Daniel; Castex, Gonzalo; Kudrna, George; … - In: Economic modelling 138 (2024), pp. 1-30

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The effect of inter-municipal cooperation on social assistance programs : evidence from housing allowances in England

Elston, Thomas; Bel, Germà; Wang, Han - 2023

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Nonlinear means-tested pensions : welfare and distributional analyses

Wheadon, Daniel; Castex, Gonzalo; Kudrna, George; … - 2023

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Poverty alleviation strategies under informality: Evidence for Latin America

Bloeck, Martin Caruso; Galiani, Sebastián; … - In: Latin American Economic Review 28 (2019) 1, pp. 1-40

Latin America and the Caribbean is a primary obstacle to carry out means testing income-support programs, and countries in … the region have therefore mostly relied on proxy means testing mechanisms. This paper studies the relative effectiveness … and informal sectors. Although the means testing mechanism allows for a more pro-poor design of transfers, it distorts …

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Poverty alleviation strategies under informality : evidence for Latin America

Bloeck, Martin Caruso; Galiani, Sebastián; … - In: Latin American economic review : LAER ; official … 28 (2019), pp. 1-40

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Targeting social safety nets : evidence from nine programs in the Sahel

Schnitzer, Pascale; Stoeffler, Quentin - In: The journal of development studies 60 (2024) 4, pp. 574-595

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Who takes up a free lunch? : Summer Food Service Program availability and household grocery food spending

Brown, Alyssa - In: Food policy 123 (2024), pp. 1-15

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Guaranteed minimum income schemes in Europe : landscape and design

Coady, David P.; Jahan, Samir; Matsumoto, Riki; Shang, … - 2021

This paper provides an overview of the design of means-tested Guaranteed Minimum Income schemes, which constitute an important component of social protection systems in European countries. It discusses how key design features differ across countries, including how countries balance the primary...

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Rethinking the paradox of redistribution: how private insurance and means testing can lead to universalizing reform

Gelepithis, Margarita - 2016

this paper I develop the argument that the combination of private pension insurance and means-testing does not always …

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