Trust in Government and Support for Redistribution

In many countries safety nets consist predominantly of universal subsidies on food and fuel. A key question for policy makers willing to shift to targeted safety nets is under what conditions middle-class citizens would be supportive of redistribut...

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Main Authors: Silva, Joana, Morgandi, Matteo, Levin, Victoria
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
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Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
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spelling okr-10986-245142021-04-23T14:04:22Z Trust in Government and Support for Redistribution Silva, Joana Morgandi, Matteo Levin, Victoria AUCTION LIVING STANDARDS HOME OWNERSHIP EMPLOYMENT SAFETY NET PROGRAMS HOUSEHOLD SIZE POVERTY LINE CHECKS INFORMATIONAL ASYMMETRIES PREVENTIVE CARE VALUATION MINIMUM WAGE PRINCIPAL-AGENT PROBLEM INCOME INTEREST GUARANTEES EXPECTATIONS LOW TRUST ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS EXCHANGE OPTION INFORMATION SOCIAL SAFETY NET DEVELOPING COUNTRIES WELFARE SYSTEM MONITORING POLITICAL ECONOMY FOOD POLICY WELFARE VARIABLES ENERGY SUBSIDIES SUBSIDY TAX CASH TRANSFER DECISIONS DUMMY VARIABLE WEALTH SOCIAL ASSISTANCE INTERNATIONAL BANK MEASURES INSTRUMENTS SAFETY NETS CREDIBILITY POVERTY REDUCTION PER CAPITA INCOMES FOOD TRANSFER PROGRAM DESIGNS SAVINGS PER CAPITA INCOME TRAINING MORAL HAZARD PUBLIC SUPPORT PUBLIC FUNDS RENT ECONOMETRICS OPTIONS FAILURES AUCTION MECHANISM MONETARY FUND TRANSFERS MARKETS ORGANIZATIONS RETURN PUBLIC FINANCE SOCIAL PROTECTION ECONOMICS LITERATURE STANDARDS LABOR LOTTERIES PRICE SUBSIDIES UTILITY SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT CASH TRANSFERS SUBSIDIES FINANCE ECONOMIC RESEARCH EXPENDITURE UNIVERSAL SUBSIDIES TARGETED SOCIAL SAFETY NETS SOCIAL SAFETY NETS GOOD MEANS TEST FRAUD POLICIES TRANSPARENCY SOCIAL SERVICES MARKET FAILURES SCHOOL ATTENDANCE FUTURE VALUE PATERNALISM SAFETY NET HIGH TRUST CONSUMERS DECISION MAKING VOUCHERS MARKET FOOD TRANSFERS TRANSFER PROGRAMS ECONOMICS PEER PRESSURE PUBLIC PROVISION RECIPROCITY TAXATION TARGETING PUBLIC RESOURCES TRADE GOODS THEORY REDISTRIBUTIVE POLICIES RISK HUMAN RESOURCES RANDOM WALK SHARE POVERTY INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY CONDITIONAL CASH BARGAINING TRUSTS SUPPLY REVENUE CHECK CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS INCOME REDISTRIBUTION POOR SHOCK PUBLIC SPENDING ECONOMIC SHOCKS OUTCOMES SAFETY PUBLIC GOOD PRICE SUBSIDY PRICES INEQUALITY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT POLICY In many countries safety nets consist predominantly of universal subsidies on food and fuel. A key question for policy makers willing to shift to targeted safety nets is under what conditions middle-class citizens would be supportive of redistributive programs. Results from a behavioral experiment based on a nationally representative sample in Jordan reveal that increasing transparency in benefit delivery makes middle-class citizens (particularly among the youth and low-trust individuals) more willing to forgo their own welfare to benefit the poor. Moreover, increasing transparency enhances the relative support for cash-based safety nets, which have greater impact on poverty compared with in-kind transfers, but may be perceived as more prone to elite capture. 2016-06-13T22:04:05Z 2016-06-13T22:04:05Z 2016-05 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/05/26377292/trust-government-support-redistribution-transforming-electricity-governance-india-india’s-power-sector-regulation-enabled-consumers’-power http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24514 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7675 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean
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topic AUCTION
LIVING STANDARDS
HOME OWNERSHIP
EMPLOYMENT
SAFETY NET PROGRAMS
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
POVERTY LINE
CHECKS
INFORMATIONAL ASYMMETRIES
PREVENTIVE CARE
VALUATION
MINIMUM WAGE
PRINCIPAL-AGENT PROBLEM
INCOME
INTEREST
GUARANTEES
EXPECTATIONS
LOW TRUST
ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
EXCHANGE
OPTION
INFORMATION
SOCIAL SAFETY NET
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
WELFARE SYSTEM
MONITORING
POLITICAL ECONOMY
FOOD POLICY
WELFARE
VARIABLES
ENERGY SUBSIDIES
SUBSIDY
TAX
CASH TRANSFER
DECISIONS
DUMMY VARIABLE
WEALTH
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
INTERNATIONAL BANK
MEASURES
INSTRUMENTS
SAFETY NETS
CREDIBILITY
POVERTY REDUCTION
PER CAPITA INCOMES
FOOD TRANSFER
PROGRAM DESIGNS
SAVINGS
PER CAPITA INCOME
TRAINING
MORAL HAZARD
PUBLIC SUPPORT
PUBLIC FUNDS
RENT
ECONOMETRICS
OPTIONS
FAILURES
AUCTION MECHANISM
MONETARY FUND
TRANSFERS
MARKETS
ORGANIZATIONS
RETURN
PUBLIC FINANCE
SOCIAL PROTECTION
ECONOMICS LITERATURE
STANDARDS
LABOR
LOTTERIES
PRICE SUBSIDIES
UTILITY
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
CASH TRANSFERS
SUBSIDIES
FINANCE
ECONOMIC RESEARCH
EXPENDITURE
UNIVERSAL SUBSIDIES
TARGETED SOCIAL SAFETY NETS
SOCIAL SAFETY NETS
GOOD
MEANS TEST
FRAUD
POLICIES
TRANSPARENCY
SOCIAL SERVICES
MARKET FAILURES
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
FUTURE
VALUE
PATERNALISM
SAFETY NET
HIGH TRUST
CONSUMERS
DECISION MAKING
VOUCHERS
MARKET
FOOD TRANSFERS
TRANSFER PROGRAMS
ECONOMICS
PEER PRESSURE
PUBLIC PROVISION
RECIPROCITY
TAXATION
TARGETING
PUBLIC RESOURCES
TRADE
GOODS
THEORY
REDISTRIBUTIVE POLICIES
RISK
HUMAN RESOURCES
RANDOM WALK
SHARE
POVERTY
INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY
CONDITIONAL CASH
BARGAINING
TRUSTS
SUPPLY
REVENUE
CHECK
CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS
INCOME REDISTRIBUTION
POOR
SHOCK
PUBLIC SPENDING
ECONOMIC SHOCKS
OUTCOMES
SAFETY
PUBLIC GOOD
PRICE SUBSIDY
PRICES
INEQUALITY
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
spellingShingle AUCTION
LIVING STANDARDS
HOME OWNERSHIP
EMPLOYMENT
SAFETY NET PROGRAMS
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
POVERTY LINE
CHECKS
INFORMATIONAL ASYMMETRIES
PREVENTIVE CARE
VALUATION
MINIMUM WAGE
PRINCIPAL-AGENT PROBLEM
INCOME
INTEREST
GUARANTEES
EXPECTATIONS
LOW TRUST
ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
EXCHANGE
OPTION
INFORMATION
SOCIAL SAFETY NET
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
WELFARE SYSTEM
MONITORING
POLITICAL ECONOMY
FOOD POLICY
WELFARE
VARIABLES
ENERGY SUBSIDIES
SUBSIDY
TAX
CASH TRANSFER
DECISIONS
DUMMY VARIABLE
WEALTH
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
INTERNATIONAL BANK
MEASURES
INSTRUMENTS
SAFETY NETS
CREDIBILITY
POVERTY REDUCTION
PER CAPITA INCOMES
FOOD TRANSFER
PROGRAM DESIGNS
SAVINGS
PER CAPITA INCOME
TRAINING
MORAL HAZARD
PUBLIC SUPPORT
PUBLIC FUNDS
RENT
ECONOMETRICS
OPTIONS
FAILURES
AUCTION MECHANISM
MONETARY FUND
TRANSFERS
MARKETS
ORGANIZATIONS
RETURN
PUBLIC FINANCE
SOCIAL PROTECTION
ECONOMICS LITERATURE
STANDARDS
LABOR
LOTTERIES
PRICE SUBSIDIES
UTILITY
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
CASH TRANSFERS
SUBSIDIES
FINANCE
ECONOMIC RESEARCH
EXPENDITURE
UNIVERSAL SUBSIDIES
TARGETED SOCIAL SAFETY NETS
SOCIAL SAFETY NETS
GOOD
MEANS TEST
FRAUD
POLICIES
TRANSPARENCY
SOCIAL SERVICES
MARKET FAILURES
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
FUTURE
VALUE
PATERNALISM
SAFETY NET
HIGH TRUST
CONSUMERS
DECISION MAKING
VOUCHERS
MARKET
FOOD TRANSFERS
TRANSFER PROGRAMS
ECONOMICS
PEER PRESSURE
PUBLIC PROVISION
RECIPROCITY
TAXATION
TARGETING
PUBLIC RESOURCES
TRADE
GOODS
THEORY
REDISTRIBUTIVE POLICIES
RISK
HUMAN RESOURCES
RANDOM WALK
SHARE
POVERTY
INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY
CONDITIONAL CASH
BARGAINING
TRUSTS
SUPPLY
REVENUE
CHECK
CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS
INCOME REDISTRIBUTION
POOR
SHOCK
PUBLIC SPENDING
ECONOMIC SHOCKS
OUTCOMES
SAFETY
PUBLIC GOOD
PRICE SUBSIDY
PRICES
INEQUALITY
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
Silva, Joana
Morgandi, Matteo
Levin, Victoria
Trust in Government and Support for Redistribution
geographic_facet Latin America & Caribbean
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7675
description In many countries safety nets consist predominantly of universal subsidies on food and fuel. A key question for policy makers willing to shift to targeted safety nets is under what conditions middle-class citizens would be supportive of redistributive programs. Results from a behavioral experiment based on a nationally representative sample in Jordan reveal that increasing transparency in benefit delivery makes middle-class citizens (particularly among the youth and low-trust individuals) more willing to forgo their own welfare to benefit the poor. Moreover, increasing transparency enhances the relative support for cash-based safety nets, which have greater impact on poverty compared with in-kind transfers, but may be perceived as more prone to elite capture.
format Working Paper
author Silva, Joana
Morgandi, Matteo
Levin, Victoria
author_facet Silva, Joana
Morgandi, Matteo
Levin, Victoria
author_sort Silva, Joana
title Trust in Government and Support for Redistribution
title_short Trust in Government and Support for Redistribution
title_full Trust in Government and Support for Redistribution
title_fullStr Trust in Government and Support for Redistribution
title_full_unstemmed Trust in Government and Support for Redistribution
title_sort trust in government and support for redistribution
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2016
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/05/26377292/trust-government-support-redistribution-transforming-electricity-governance-india-india’s-power-sector-regulation-enabled-consumers’-power
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