Targeting social transfers to the poor in Mexico [[electronic resource] /] / David Coady and Susan Parker

• Autore: Coady David
• Pubblicazione: [Washington, D.C.], : International Monetary Fund, 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (32 p.)
• Soggetto topico: Public welfare - Mexico; Social service - Mexico
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: ParkerSusan
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Targeting social transfers to the poor in Mexico
• ISBN: 1-4623-4468-2; 1-4527-9245-3; 1-282-84281-1; 9786612842818; 1-4518-7207-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910464257703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: IMF working paper ; ; WP/09/60.