LT 2 - Poverty Alleviation

Question 1

Explain inequality vs poverty

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Question 2

Types of transfer programs: eligibility

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Question 3

Types of transfer programs: benefit type

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Question 4

State and explain the benefit function of a means-tested cash program

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Question 5

Graphically show the labor supply responses to a means-tested welfare program

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Question 6

Explain the labor supply response to a means-tested welfare program

when a poverty line is introduced

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Question 7

Explain:

Okun’s leaky bucket and moral hazard

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Question 8

Explain the informational constraint of the benefit scheme based on earnings capacity

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Question 9

Methods to increase targeting efficiency

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Question 10

Explain the requirements for tagging

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Question 11

Can in-kind transfer and subsidies improve self-revelaiton?

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Question 12

What is Nicholas-Zeckhauser result on in-kind benefits

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Question 13

Explain ordeals and give examples

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Question 14

What are the requirements for ordeals to serve as screening function?

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Question 15

Explain the experimental evidence of Black & al. (AER 2003) as a test for the presence of moral hazard in UL programs

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Question 16

The potential cost of ordeals: incomplete take up

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Question 17

U.S. welfare reform

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Question 18

The impact of welfare reform: time series

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Question 19

Quasi-experimental estimations

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Question 20

Is single motherhood caused by welfare incentives?

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