Globalization and the Role of Public Transfers in Redistributing Income in Latin America and the Caribbean

This paper focuses on measuring the extent to which publicly subsidized transfers in Latin America and the Caribbean redistribute income. The redistributive power of 56 transfers in eight countries is measured by their simulated impacts on poverty and inequality, and by their distributional characte...

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Main Authors:	Skoufias, Emmanuel, Lindert, Kathy, Shapiro, Joseph
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	EN
Published:	2012
Subjects:	Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions D310 International Economic Order F020 Taxation and Subsidies: Externalities Redistributive Effects Environmental Taxes and Subsidies H230 Measurement and Analysis of Poverty I320 Welfare and Poverty: Government Programs Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs I380 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4952

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spelling	okr-10986-49522021-04-23T14:02:20Z Globalization and the Role of Public Transfers in Redistributing Income in Latin America and the Caribbean Skoufias, Emmanuel Lindert, Kathy Shapiro, Joseph Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions D310 International Economic Order F020 Taxation and Subsidies: Externalities Redistributive Effects Environmental Taxes and Subsidies H230 Measurement and Analysis of Poverty I320 Welfare and Poverty: Government Programs Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs I380 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150 This paper focuses on measuring the extent to which publicly subsidized transfers in Latin America and the Caribbean redistribute income. The redistributive power of 56 transfers in eight countries is measured by their simulated impacts on poverty and inequality, and by their distributional characteristic. Our findings suggest that public transfers can be effective instruments to redistribute income to the poor. Despite coverage and distributional patterns that favor the poor, small unit subsidies limit the redistributive, poverty and inequality impacts of even the most targeted social assistance programs. 2012-03-30T07:30:32Z 2012-03-30T07:30:32Z 2010 Journal Article World Development 0305750X http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4952 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article Latin America Caribbean
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topic	Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions D310 International Economic Order F020 Taxation and Subsidies: Externalities Redistributive Effects Environmental Taxes and Subsidies H230 Measurement and Analysis of Poverty I320 Welfare and Poverty: Government Programs Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs I380 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150
spellingShingle	Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions D310 International Economic Order F020 Taxation and Subsidies: Externalities Redistributive Effects Environmental Taxes and Subsidies H230 Measurement and Analysis of Poverty I320 Welfare and Poverty: Government Programs Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs I380 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150 Skoufias, Emmanuel Lindert, Kathy Shapiro, Joseph Globalization and the Role of Public Transfers in Redistributing Income in Latin America and the Caribbean
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description	This paper focuses on measuring the extent to which publicly subsidized transfers in Latin America and the Caribbean redistribute income. The redistributive power of 56 transfers in eight countries is measured by their simulated impacts on poverty and inequality, and by their distributional characteristic. Our findings suggest that public transfers can be effective instruments to redistribute income to the poor. Despite coverage and distributional patterns that favor the poor, small unit subsidies limit the redistributive, poverty and inequality impacts of even the most targeted social assistance programs.
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author	Skoufias, Emmanuel Lindert, Kathy Shapiro, Joseph
author_facet	Skoufias, Emmanuel Lindert, Kathy Shapiro, Joseph
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title	Globalization and the Role of Public Transfers in Redistributing Income in Latin America and the Caribbean
title_short	Globalization and the Role of Public Transfers in Redistributing Income in Latin America and the Caribbean
title_full	Globalization and the Role of Public Transfers in Redistributing Income in Latin America and the Caribbean
title_fullStr	Globalization and the Role of Public Transfers in Redistributing Income in Latin America and the Caribbean
title_full_unstemmed	Globalization and the Role of Public Transfers in Redistributing Income in Latin America and the Caribbean
title_sort	globalization and the role of public transfers in redistributing income in latin america and the caribbean
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Globalization and the Role of Public Transfers in Redistributing Income in Latin America and the Caribbean

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