Tangible Information and Citizen Empowerment: Identification Cards and Food Subsidy Programs in Indonesia
| Autor: | Abhijit Banerjee, Jordan Kyle, Benjamin A. Olken, Sudarno Sumarto, Rema Hanna |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics, Olken, Benjamin A., Banerjee, Abhijit, Hanna, Rema N., Olken, Benjamin |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Economics and Econometrics
Public economics media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Developing country Subsidy Redistribution (cultural anthropology) language.human_language Identification (information) Central government 0502 economics and business Food policy language Business 050207 economics Leakage (economics) Empowerment 050205 econometrics media_common |
| Zdroj: | Prof. Olken |
| Popis: | Redistribution programs in developing countries often “leak” because local officials do not implement programs as the central government intends. We study one approach to reducing leakage. In an experi- ment in over 550 villages, we test whether mailing cards with program information to targeted beneficiaries increases the subsidy they re- ceive from a subsidized rice program. On net, beneficiaries received 26 percent more subsidy in card villages. Ineligible households re- ceived no less, so this represents substantially lower leakage. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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