TY - JOUR
T1 - Cash transfers and poverty reduction in chile
AU - Agostini, Claudio A.
AU - Brown, Philip H.
PY - 2011/8
Y1 - 2011/8
N2 - The headcount ratio in Chile has declined from 40 percent to 14 percent since 1987. However, most analysis of this reduction uses national and regional poverty statistics. In contrast, we employ poverty mapping methodologies to find heterogeneity in the effectiveness of transfers across counties. To better understand this variation, we explore the roles of characteristics of the local population, structural features of the county, and geography. The greatest reductions in poverty occur in rural households, yet population characteristics and geography are also important. These findings suggest that targeting at low levels of aggregation can deliver further reductions in poverty.
AB - The headcount ratio in Chile has declined from 40 percent to 14 percent since 1987. However, most analysis of this reduction uses national and regional poverty statistics. In contrast, we employ poverty mapping methodologies to find heterogeneity in the effectiveness of transfers across counties. To better understand this variation, we explore the roles of characteristics of the local population, structural features of the county, and geography. The greatest reductions in poverty occur in rural households, yet population characteristics and geography are also important. These findings suggest that targeting at low levels of aggregation can deliver further reductions in poverty.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=79960755451&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/j.1467-9787.2010.00707.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1467-9787.2010.00707.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79960755451
SN - 0022-4146
VL - 51
SP - 604
EP - 625
JO - Journal of Regional Science
JF - Journal of Regional Science
IS - 3
ER -