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Assessing the impact of public transfers on private risk sharing arrangements : evidence from a randomized experiment in Mexico

Pavan, Marina ; Colussi, Aldo (University College Dublin. Geary Institute, 2008-02-27)

We adopt a structural approach to studying the effects of public transfers on consumption smoothing, risk sharing and welfare in small village economies. We calibrate the key parameters of a dynamic limited commitment model ...
Choosing to become a ‘lost cause’ : the perverse effects of benefit preconditions

Farrell, Lisa ; Frijters, Paul (Oxford University Press, 2008)

This paper argues that preconditions for welfare benefit entitlements based on labour market prospects can be counterproductive when they create an incentive for individuals to abstain from any investment earlier in life ...
How tight are safety-nets in Nordic countries? : evidence from Finnish register data

Bargain, Olivier ; Immervoll, Herwig ; Viitamäki, Heikki (University College Dublin; School of EconomicsUCD Geary Institute, 2007-08)

The non take-up of social assistance benefits due to claim costs may seriously limit the anti-poverty effect of these programs. Yet, available evidence is fragmented and mostly relies on interview-based data, potentially ...
No claim, no pain - measuring the non-take-up of social assistance using register data

Bargain, Olivier ; Immervoll, Herwig ; Viitamäki, Heikki (University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2009-12)

The main objectives of social assistance bene…fits, including poverty alleviation and labor-market or social reintegration, can be seriously compromised if support is difficult to access. While recent studies point to ...
There’s no such thing as a free lunch : altruistic parents and the response of household food expenditures to nutrition program reforms

Bingley, Paul ; Walker, Ian (University College Dublin. Geary Institute, 2007-06-12)

Many countries provide extensive in-kind public transfers for specific needs of particular client groups such as the elderly, the disabled, and children. However, this may crowd out private expenditures on the goods in ...
Who benefits from child benefit?

Blow, Laura ; Walker, Ian ; Zhu, Yu (University College Dublin. Geary Institute, 2007-06-08)

Governments, over much of the developed world, make significant financial transfers to parents with dependent children. For example, in the US the recently introduced Child Tax Credit (CTC), which goes to almost all ...