A Fresh Look at an Old Question: Is Pro-Poor Targeting of Cash Transfers More Effective Than Universal Systems at Reducing Inequality and Poverty?
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Keywords
Inequality; poverty; redistribution; cash transfers; welfare;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
- H23 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Externalities; Redistributive Effects; Environmental Taxes and Subsidies
- D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
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