Social Transfers and Social Assistance : An Empirical Analysis Using Latvian Household Survey Data
The author assesses the performance of Latvias system of social transfers, in three ways: First, he analyzes the incidence (who receives transfers) of pensions, family allowances, unemployment benefits, and social assistance. Per capita analysis sh...
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okr-10986-221912021-04-23T14:04:06Z Social Transfers and Social Assistance : An Empirical Analysis Using Latvian Household Survey Data Milanovic, Branko SOCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS SOCIAL TRANSFERS HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS PENSION COVERAGE FAMILY ALLOWANCES UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE POVERTY GAP EQUIVALENCE SCALES CASH TRANSFERS REGIONAL COORDINATION INEQUITY INCOME GAPS LOCAL FINANCING The author assesses the performance of Latvias system of social transfers, in three ways: First, he analyzes the incidence (who receives transfers) of pensions, family allowances, unemployment benefits, and social assistance. Per capita analysis shows pensions tending to be pro-rich, and families allowances pro-poor (a finding typical in poverty analyses). Introducing an equivalence scale alters the results and shows all individual cash transfers performing about the same: mildly pro-poor. Next, he examines the performance of social assistance, which is, by definition, directed to the poor. He shows that Latvia's current system is concentrated - meaning that social assistance is disbursed to few households (only 1.5 percent of all households receive it) but among those that do receive it, it represents a relatively high share (20 percent) of income. Households that are systematically discriminated against in the allocation of social assistance are urban households living outside the capital (Riga) and those headed by male adults. Third, he looks at the regional allocation of social assistance. The results confirm earlier findings of large horizontal inequalities - that people with the same income from different parts of the country are treated unequally, because the existing system is based on local financing of social assistance. 2015-07-17T14:02:33Z 2015-07-17T14:02:33Z 2000-04 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/04/437758/social-transfers-social-assistance-empirical-analysis-using-latvian-household-survey-data http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22191 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2328 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Europe and Central Asia Latvia |
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SOCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS SOCIAL TRANSFERS HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS PENSION COVERAGE FAMILY ALLOWANCES UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE POVERTY GAP EQUIVALENCE SCALES CASH TRANSFERS REGIONAL COORDINATION INEQUITY INCOME GAPS LOCAL FINANCING |
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SOCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS SOCIAL TRANSFERS HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS PENSION COVERAGE FAMILY ALLOWANCES UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE POVERTY GAP EQUIVALENCE SCALES CASH TRANSFERS REGIONAL COORDINATION INEQUITY INCOME GAPS LOCAL FINANCING Milanovic, Branko Social Transfers and Social Assistance : An Empirical Analysis Using Latvian Household Survey Data |
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The author assesses the performance of
Latvias system of social transfers, in three ways: First, he
analyzes the incidence (who receives transfers) of pensions,
family allowances, unemployment benefits, and social
assistance. Per capita analysis shows pensions tending to be
pro-rich, and families allowances pro-poor (a finding
typical in poverty analyses). Introducing an equivalence
scale alters the results and shows all individual cash
transfers performing about the same: mildly pro-poor. Next,
he examines the performance of social assistance, which is,
by definition, directed to the poor. He shows that Latvia's
current system is concentrated - meaning that social
assistance is disbursed to few households (only 1.5 percent
of all households receive it) but among those that do
receive it, it represents a relatively high share (20
percent) of income. Households that are systematically
discriminated against in the allocation of social assistance
are urban households living outside the capital (Riga) and
those headed by male adults. Third, he looks at the regional
allocation of social assistance. The results confirm earlier
findings of large horizontal inequalities - that people with
the same income from different parts of the country are
treated unequally, because the existing system is based on
local financing of social assistance. |
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Milanovic, Branko |
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Milanovic, Branko |
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Milanovic, Branko |
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Social Transfers and Social Assistance : An Empirical Analysis Using Latvian Household Survey Data |
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Social Transfers and Social Assistance : An Empirical Analysis Using Latvian Household Survey Data |
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Social Transfers and Social Assistance : An Empirical Analysis Using Latvian Household Survey Data |
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Social Transfers and Social Assistance : An Empirical Analysis Using Latvian Household Survey Data |
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Social Transfers and Social Assistance : An Empirical Analysis Using Latvian Household Survey Data |
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social transfers and social assistance : an empirical analysis using latvian household survey data |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2015 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/04/437758/social-transfers-social-assistance-empirical-analysis-using-latvian-household-survey-data http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22191 |
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