1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910957189303321

Autore

Coady David

Titolo

Targeting Social Transfers to the Poor in Mexico / / David Coady, Susan Parker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2009

ISBN

9786612842818

9781462344680

1462344682

9781452792453

1452792453

9781282842816

1282842811

9781451872071

1451872070

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (32 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Altri autori (Persone)

ParkerSusan

Disciplina

332.152

Soggetti

Public welfare - Mexico

Social service - Mexico

Aggregate Factor Income Distribution

Budget planning and preparation

Budget Systems

Budget

Budgeting & financial management

Budgeting

Consumption

Demographic Economics: General

Demography

Economics

Education

Education: General

Household consumption

Income distribution

Income inequality

Income

Macroeconomics

National accounts

National Budget

National Government Expenditures and Welfare Programs



Personal income

Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions

Population & demography

Population and demographics

Population

Public financial management (PFM)

Taxation and Subsidies: Incidence

Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics: Household Analysis: General

Mexico

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; I. Introduction; II. Program and Data Description; Program Description; Tables; 1. Variables and Weights Used to Estimate the Discriminant Proxy-Means Score; Data Description; 2. Transfer Levels by Grade and Gender (pesos per month, 2002); III. Methodology; IV. Results; Figures; 1. Unconditional Probabilities; Targeting Performance Across Participation Stages; 2. Conditional Probabilities; 3. Targeting Performance by Stage; 4. Share of Targeting Performance by Stage; 5. Share of Targeting Performance by Stage; Policy Reform Simulations

3. Trade-off Between Vertical Targeting Performance and Program CoverageV. Summary; Appendix; Details of Simulations Estimating Targeting Implications of Universal Knowledge; Appendix Tables; 1. Results for Conditional Application and Acceptance Outcomes and Consumption Model; 2. Application Outcomes Under Universal Knowledge; References

Sommario/riassunto

Mexico’s main social support program, Oportunidades, combines two methods to target cash to poor households: an initial self-selection by households who acquire knowledge about the program and apply for benefits, followed by an administrative determination of eligibility based on a means test. Self-selection improves targeting by excluding high-income households, while administrative targeting does so mainly by excluding middle-income households. The two methods are complementary: expanding program knowledge across households substantially increases applications from non-poor households, thus reinforcing the importance of administrative targeting. The paper shows that targeting can be further improved through redesigning the means test and differentiating transfers according to demographic characteristics.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911008465303321

Titolo

Encyclopedia of war & American society / / Peter Karsten, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif., : Sage Publications, [2006?]

ISBN

9781452265377

1452265372

9781849725668

1849725667

9781412952460

1412952468

9781412925440

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (3 v.) : ill., ports

Altri autori (Persone)

KarstenPeter

Disciplina

973.03

Soggetti

War and society - United States - History

United States History, Military Encyclopedias

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A Sage reference publication."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (v. 3, p. 1195-1222) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Volume 1; Contents; List of Entries; List of Documents; Reader's Guide; Introduction; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; Volume 2; Contents; List of Entries; List of Documents; Reader's Guide; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; Volume 3; Contents; List of Entries; List of Documents; Reader's Guide; V; W; Y; Z; Chronology; Documents; General Bibliography; Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This three-volume encyclopedia examines the impact of war on a number of aspects of American society, including economic patterns, government policy and cultural expression. It also offers readers a host of documents to support its claims, from letters and diaries to surveys and graphs.