Are the welfare losses from imperfect targeting important?

The authors evaluate the size of the welfare losses from using alternative “imperfect” welfare indicators as substitutes for the conventionally preferred consumption indicator. They find that whereas the undercoverage and leakage welfare indices always suggest substantial losses, and the poverty ind...

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Autores principales: Skoufias, Emmanuel, Coady, David
Formato: Artículo preliminar
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2002
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/158121
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