05878oam 22012974 450 991081097360332120240402051002.01-4623-4468-21-4527-9245-31-282-84281-197866128428181-4518-7207-0(CKB)3170000000055205(EBL)1608181(SSID)ssj0000943279(PQKBManifestationID)11550394(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000943279(PQKBWorkID)10975478(PQKB)10955211(OCoLC)469142141(MiAaPQ)EBC1608181(IMF)WPIEE2009060(EXLCZ)99317000000005520520020129d2009 uf 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTargeting Social Transfers to the Poor in Mexico /David Coady, Susan Parker1st ed.Washington, D.C. :International Monetary Fund,2009.1 online resource (32 p.)IMF Working PapersDescription based upon print version of record.1-4519-1642-6 Includes bibliographical references.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 Simulations3. 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; ReferencesMexico’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.IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ;No. 2009/060Public welfareMexicoSocial serviceMexicoBudgetingimfMacroeconomicsimfDemographyimfTaxation and Subsidies: IncidenceimfNational Government Expenditures and Welfare ProgramsimfPersonal Income, Wealth, and Their DistributionsimfDemographic Economics: GeneralimfNational BudgetimfBudget SystemsimfAggregate Factor Income DistributionimfUrban, Rural, and Regional Economics: Household Analysis: GeneralimfEducation: GeneralimfPopulation & demographyimfBudgeting & financial managementimfEducationimfPersonal incomeimfPopulation and demographicsimfBudget planning and preparationimfIncome inequalityimfHousehold consumptionimfNational accountsimfPublic financial management (PFM)imfIncomeimfPopulationimfBudgetimfIncome distributionimfConsumptionimfEconomicsimfMexicoimfPublic welfareSocial serviceBudgetingMacroeconomicsDemographyTaxation and Subsidies: IncidenceNational Government Expenditures and Welfare ProgramsPersonal Income, Wealth, and Their DistributionsDemographic Economics: GeneralNational BudgetBudget SystemsAggregate Factor Income DistributionUrban, Rural, and Regional Economics: Household Analysis: GeneralEducation: GeneralPopulation & demographyBudgeting & financial managementEducationPersonal incomePopulation and demographicsBudget planning and preparationIncome inequalityHousehold consumptionNational accountsPublic financial management (PFM)IncomePopulationBudgetIncome distributionConsumptionEconomics332.152Coady David629944Parker Susan1703769International Monetary Fund.DcWaIMFBOOK9910810973603321Targeting Social Transfers to the Poor in Mexico4089213UNINA