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Evaluating transfer programs within a general equilibrium framework

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  • Coady, David P.
  • Harris, Rebecca Lee

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The authors set out a general equilibrium model for the evaluation of a domestically financed transfer program, which helps to combine the results from a computable general equilibrium model with disaggregated household data.Using a Mexican cash transfer program as an illustration, they use the approach to show that the substantial welfare gains that result from the switch from universal food subsidies to targeted cash transfers reflect both the improved targeting efficiency of the latter as well as a relaxation of the trade-off between equity and efficiency objectives when designing tax systems.

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  • Coady, David P. & Harris, Rebecca Lee, 2001. "Evaluating transfer programs within a general equilibrium framework," FCND briefs 110, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  • Handle: RePEc:fpr:fcndbr:110
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    1. Nelson, Suzanne & Frakenberger, Tim & Brown, Vicky & Presnall, Carrie & Downen, Jeanne, 2015. "Ex-Post impact assessment review of IFPRI’s research program on social protection, 2000–2012," Impact assessments 40, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
    2. Suahasil Nazara & Sri Kusumastuti Rahayu, 2013. "Program Keluarga Harapan (PKH): Indonesian Conditional Cash Transfer Programme," Policy Research Brief 42, International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth.
    3. Lips, Markus, 2005. "Sufficient nourishment worldwide via transfer payments," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 30(1), pages 81-96, February.
    4. Gaspar Núñez Rodríguez & Clemente Polo Andrés, 2008. "An applied general equilibrium analysis of fiscal reforms to fight poverty in Mexico," Ensayos Revista de Economia, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Facultad de Economia, vol. 0(1), pages 81-115, May.
    5. Coady, David P. & Harris, Rebecca Lee, 2001. "A regional general equilibrium analysis of the welfare impact of cash transfers: An analysis of PROGRESA in Mexico," TMD discussion papers 76, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
    6. Suahasil Nazara & Sri Kusumastuti Rahayu, 2014. "Program Keluarga Harapan (PKH): Programa Indonesio de Transferencia de Ingresos Condicionada," Policy Research Brief 42, International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth.

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