Arbeitspapier

You, me and the mean: A semiparametric approach to the redistributive effects of transfer programs

I examine how changes in the receipt of social transfers benefits associated to program reforms have affected the Canadian income distribution over the 1996-2006 period. Using the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics, I apply nonparametric decomposition methods to construct density counterfactuals that identify the distributive effects of each transfer program. Counterfactual densities are constructed by reweighting the income distribution with propensity score functions that reflect changes in the probability of receiving program benefits. I find that reforms to the Social Assistance program have reduced its redistributive effectiveness, whereas Child Benefits, Employment Insurance and Old Age Security are more redistributive than in 1996.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: Working Papers ; No. 2016-16

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Taxation and Subsidies: Externalities; Redistributive Effects; Environmental Taxes and Subsidies
Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions
Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
Semiparametric and Nonparametric Methods: General
Thema
Redistribution
income inequality
tax and transfer system
nonparametric methods

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Garcia-Medina, B. Cecilia
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Banco de México
(wo)
Ciudad de México
(wann)
2016

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Garcia-Medina, B. Cecilia
  • Banco de México

Entstanden

  • 2016

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