Levels and targeting of social benefits in global perspective: combatting poverty through social policy

"This study investigates an old question that has re-emerged in social policy-making and in analyses of global social development: to what extent does targeting and size of social transfers matter for poverty? Using multilevel logistic regression and LIS income data for 40 middle- and high-inco...

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Main Authors: Ferrarini, Tommy, Nelson, Kenneth, Palme, Joakim
Institution:ETUI-European Trade Union Institute
Format: TEXT
Language:English
Published: Luxembourg 2015
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Online Access:https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19109410124919276929-Levels-and-targeting-of-social.htm
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author Ferrarini, Tommy
Nelson, Kenneth
Palme, Joakim
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Nelson, Kenneth
Palme, Joakim
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description "This study investigates an old question that has re-emerged in social policy-making and in analyses of global social development: to what extent does targeting and size of social transfers matter for poverty? Using multilevel logistic regression and LIS income data for 40 middle- and high-income countries, we show that the size of transfer income has greater explanatory value for cross-country differences in poverty than the degree of targeting of transfer income. The results are remarkably robust in terms of estimated individual-level and country-level compositional and confounding factors."
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publishDate 2015
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spellingShingle Ferrarini, Tommy
Nelson, Kenneth
Palme, Joakim
international
poverty
social policy
social protection
statistics
Levels and targeting of social benefits in global perspective: combatting poverty through social policy
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title Levels and targeting of social benefits in global perspective: combatting poverty through social policy
topic international
poverty
social policy
social protection
statistics
url https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19109410124919276929-Levels-and-targeting-of-social.htm