Unconditional Cash Transfers in China : An Analysis of the Rural Minimum Living Standard Guarantee Program
This paper examines China’s rural minimum living standard guarantee (dibao) program, one of the largest minimum income cash transfer schemes in the world. Using household survey data matched with published administrative data, the paper describes t...
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POVERTY THRESHOLD HOUSEHOLD INCOMES TRANSFER AMOUNTS POOR‐ PEOPLE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SIZE CASH TRANSFER PROGRAM POVERTY REDUCTION VILLAGE LEADERS POVERTY LINE IMPACT ON POVERTY PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION FEEDBACK POVERTY LEVELS NET INCOME INCOME SCHOOLING POVERTY RATES PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION HOUSEHOLD PARTICIPATION RURAL POOR HOUSEHOLD‐SIZE COUNTERFACTUAL PROGRAMS HOUSING DEATH RURAL INCOMES FAMILY MEMBERS IMPACTS EGALITARIAN DISTRIBUTION POOR PEOPLE POVERTY GAP INDEX POORER GROUPS POORER HOUSEHOLDS POVERTY‐REDUCING INTERNATIONAL POVERTY LINES POOR AREA CORRUPTION SOCIAL PROGRAMS REGIONAL POPULATIONS SOCIAL ASSISTANCE RURAL POPULATION RURAL POOR POVERTY GAP INDEX BENEFICIARIES MEASURES POVERTY MEASURES INSTRUMENTS RURAL CONSUMER REGION POVERTY REDUCTION HOUSEHOLD INCOME POORER AREAS POVERTY OUTCOMES SAVINGS DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS RURAL HOUSEHOLD PER CAPITA INCOME RURAL HOUSEHOLDS NATURAL DISASTER SOCIAL PROGRAMS INCOME DISTRIBUTION HOUSEHOLD HEAD RURAL CONSUMER POVERTY GAP VILLAGE CHARACTERISTICS SOCIAL PROTECTION DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS PARTICIPATION RATES POVERTY INCIDENCE TRANSFERS POOR AREAS HOUSEHOLD INCOME DESTITUTE HOUSEHOLDS ESTIMATES OF POVERTY LEARNING INDICATORS SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL PROTECTION RESEARCH CASH TRANSFERS IMPACT ON POVERTY POVERTY ALLEVIATION PROGRAMS POOR AREA POVERTY LINES CONSUMPTION RURAL POVERTY ESTIMATES OF POVERTY POLICY CHANGES POVERTY IMPACTS POVERTY RATES ANTIPOVERTY PROGRAM CASH TRANSFER PROGRAM PARTICIPATION VILLAGE‐LEVEL POVERTY‐REDUCTION POOR‐AREAS HOUSEHOLD PER CAPITA INCOME POVERTY LINE CASH TRANSFERS POVERTY IMPACT FLEXIBILITY RURAL POVERTY ALLEVIATION RURAL POVERTY INCOME DISTRIBUTION HOUSEHOLD SIZE ABSOLUTE POVERTY TRANSFER AMOUNTS RURAL ECONOMY RURAL MEANS TESTING MEANS TESTING SAMPLE SIZE RURAL EMPLOYMENT POOR BENEFICIARIES POVERTY LINES RURAL EMPLOYMENT TRANSFER PROGRAMS POOR AREAS SURVEYS POVERTY OUTCOMES POOR COUNTIES VILLAGE LEADERS POOR COUNTIES CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS TARGETING RURAL AREAS SOCIAL ASSISTANCE REGIONS VILLAGE LEVEL STATISTICS EVALUATION POVERTY ALLEVIATION PROGRAMS RURAL HOUSEHOLD POOR HOUSEHOLDS SAMPLING RURAL AREAS POVERTY POVERTY ALLEVIATION BENEFICIARY HOUSEHOLDS POVERTY GAP CONSUMER PRICE INDEX CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY RATE POOR ABSOLUTE POVERTY HOUSEHOLD PARTICIPATION AUTONOMOUS REGIONS POVERTY IMPACT OUTCOMES RURAL POPULATION POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY LEVELS POLICY CHANGES WAGE EMPLOYMENT PARTICIPATION RATES POVERTY ALLEVIATION AUDITING HOUSEHOLD PER CAPITA INCOME HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INEQUALITY HOUSEHOLD SURVEY POOR HOUSEHOLDS |
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POVERTY THRESHOLD HOUSEHOLD INCOMES TRANSFER AMOUNTS POOR‐ PEOPLE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SIZE CASH TRANSFER PROGRAM POVERTY REDUCTION VILLAGE LEADERS POVERTY LINE IMPACT ON POVERTY PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION FEEDBACK POVERTY LEVELS NET INCOME INCOME SCHOOLING POVERTY RATES PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION HOUSEHOLD PARTICIPATION RURAL POOR HOUSEHOLD‐SIZE COUNTERFACTUAL PROGRAMS HOUSING DEATH RURAL INCOMES FAMILY MEMBERS IMPACTS EGALITARIAN DISTRIBUTION POOR PEOPLE POVERTY GAP INDEX POORER GROUPS POORER HOUSEHOLDS POVERTY‐REDUCING INTERNATIONAL POVERTY LINES POOR AREA CORRUPTION SOCIAL PROGRAMS REGIONAL POPULATIONS SOCIAL ASSISTANCE RURAL POPULATION RURAL POOR POVERTY GAP INDEX BENEFICIARIES MEASURES POVERTY MEASURES INSTRUMENTS RURAL CONSUMER REGION POVERTY REDUCTION HOUSEHOLD INCOME POORER AREAS POVERTY OUTCOMES SAVINGS DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS RURAL HOUSEHOLD PER CAPITA INCOME RURAL HOUSEHOLDS NATURAL DISASTER SOCIAL PROGRAMS INCOME DISTRIBUTION HOUSEHOLD HEAD RURAL CONSUMER POVERTY GAP VILLAGE CHARACTERISTICS SOCIAL PROTECTION DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS PARTICIPATION RATES POVERTY INCIDENCE TRANSFERS POOR AREAS HOUSEHOLD INCOME DESTITUTE HOUSEHOLDS ESTIMATES OF POVERTY LEARNING INDICATORS SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL PROTECTION RESEARCH CASH TRANSFERS IMPACT ON POVERTY POVERTY ALLEVIATION PROGRAMS POOR AREA POVERTY LINES CONSUMPTION RURAL POVERTY ESTIMATES OF POVERTY POLICY CHANGES POVERTY IMPACTS POVERTY RATES ANTIPOVERTY PROGRAM CASH TRANSFER PROGRAM PARTICIPATION VILLAGE‐LEVEL POVERTY‐REDUCTION POOR‐AREAS HOUSEHOLD PER CAPITA INCOME POVERTY LINE CASH TRANSFERS POVERTY IMPACT FLEXIBILITY RURAL POVERTY ALLEVIATION RURAL POVERTY INCOME DISTRIBUTION HOUSEHOLD SIZE ABSOLUTE POVERTY TRANSFER AMOUNTS RURAL ECONOMY RURAL MEANS TESTING MEANS TESTING SAMPLE SIZE RURAL EMPLOYMENT POOR BENEFICIARIES POVERTY LINES RURAL EMPLOYMENT TRANSFER PROGRAMS POOR AREAS SURVEYS POVERTY OUTCOMES POOR COUNTIES VILLAGE LEADERS POOR COUNTIES CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS TARGETING RURAL AREAS SOCIAL ASSISTANCE REGIONS VILLAGE LEVEL STATISTICS EVALUATION POVERTY ALLEVIATION PROGRAMS RURAL HOUSEHOLD POOR HOUSEHOLDS SAMPLING RURAL AREAS POVERTY POVERTY ALLEVIATION BENEFICIARY HOUSEHOLDS POVERTY GAP CONSUMER PRICE INDEX CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY RATE POOR ABSOLUTE POVERTY HOUSEHOLD PARTICIPATION AUTONOMOUS REGIONS POVERTY IMPACT OUTCOMES RURAL POPULATION POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY LEVELS POLICY CHANGES WAGE EMPLOYMENT PARTICIPATION RATES POVERTY ALLEVIATION AUDITING HOUSEHOLD PER CAPITA INCOME HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INEQUALITY HOUSEHOLD SURVEY POOR HOUSEHOLDS Golan, Jennifer Sicular, Terry Umapathi, Nithin Unconditional Cash Transfers in China : An Analysis of the Rural Minimum Living Standard Guarantee Program |
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East Asia and Pacific China |
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Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7374 |
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This paper examines China’s rural
minimum living standard guarantee (dibao) program, one of
the largest minimum income cash transfer schemes in the
world. Using household survey data matched with published
administrative data, the paper describes the dibao program,
estimates the program’s impact on poverty, and carries out
targeting analysis. The analysis finds that the program
provides sufficient income to poor beneficiaries but does
not substantially reduce the overall level of poverty, in
part because the number of beneficiaries is small relative
to the number of poor. Conventional targeting analysis
reveals rather large inclusionary and exclusionary targeting
errors; propensity score targeting analysis yields smaller
but still large targeting errors. Simulations of possible
reforms to the dibao program indicate that expanding
coverage can potentially yield greater poverty reduction
than increasing transfer amounts. In addition, replacing
locally diverse dibao lines with a nationally uniform dibao
threshold could in theory reduce poverty. The potential
gains in poverty reduction, however, depend on the
effectiveness of targeting. |
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Golan, Jennifer Sicular, Terry Umapathi, Nithin |
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Golan, Jennifer Sicular, Terry Umapathi, Nithin |
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Golan, Jennifer |
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Unconditional Cash Transfers in China : An Analysis of the Rural Minimum Living Standard Guarantee Program |
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Unconditional Cash Transfers in China : An Analysis of the Rural Minimum Living Standard Guarantee Program |
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Unconditional Cash Transfers in China : An Analysis of the Rural Minimum Living Standard Guarantee Program |
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Unconditional Cash Transfers in China : An Analysis of the Rural Minimum Living Standard Guarantee Program |
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Unconditional Cash Transfers in China : An Analysis of the Rural Minimum Living Standard Guarantee Program |
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unconditional cash transfers in china : an analysis of the rural minimum living standard guarantee program |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2015 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/07/24808135/unconditional-cash-transfers-china-analysis-rural-minimum-living-standard-guarantee-program http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22458 |
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okr-10986-224582021-04-23T14:04:08Z Unconditional Cash Transfers in China : An Analysis of the Rural Minimum Living Standard Guarantee Program Golan, Jennifer Sicular, Terry Umapathi, Nithin POVERTY THRESHOLD HOUSEHOLD INCOMES TRANSFER AMOUNTS POOR‐ PEOPLE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SIZE CASH TRANSFER PROGRAM POVERTY REDUCTION VILLAGE LEADERS POVERTY LINE IMPACT ON POVERTY PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION FEEDBACK POVERTY LEVELS NET INCOME INCOME SCHOOLING POVERTY RATES PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION HOUSEHOLD PARTICIPATION RURAL POOR HOUSEHOLD‐SIZE COUNTERFACTUAL PROGRAMS HOUSING DEATH RURAL INCOMES FAMILY MEMBERS IMPACTS EGALITARIAN DISTRIBUTION POOR PEOPLE POVERTY GAP INDEX POORER GROUPS POORER HOUSEHOLDS POVERTY‐REDUCING INTERNATIONAL POVERTY LINES POOR AREA CORRUPTION SOCIAL PROGRAMS REGIONAL POPULATIONS SOCIAL ASSISTANCE RURAL POPULATION RURAL POOR POVERTY GAP INDEX BENEFICIARIES MEASURES POVERTY MEASURES INSTRUMENTS RURAL CONSUMER REGION POVERTY REDUCTION HOUSEHOLD INCOME POORER AREAS POVERTY OUTCOMES SAVINGS DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS RURAL HOUSEHOLD PER CAPITA INCOME RURAL HOUSEHOLDS NATURAL DISASTER SOCIAL PROGRAMS INCOME DISTRIBUTION HOUSEHOLD HEAD RURAL CONSUMER POVERTY GAP VILLAGE CHARACTERISTICS SOCIAL PROTECTION DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS PARTICIPATION RATES POVERTY INCIDENCE TRANSFERS POOR AREAS HOUSEHOLD INCOME DESTITUTE HOUSEHOLDS ESTIMATES OF POVERTY LEARNING INDICATORS SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL PROTECTION RESEARCH CASH TRANSFERS IMPACT ON POVERTY POVERTY ALLEVIATION PROGRAMS POOR AREA POVERTY LINES CONSUMPTION RURAL POVERTY ESTIMATES OF POVERTY POLICY CHANGES POVERTY IMPACTS POVERTY RATES ANTIPOVERTY PROGRAM CASH TRANSFER PROGRAM PARTICIPATION VILLAGE‐LEVEL POVERTY‐REDUCTION POOR‐AREAS HOUSEHOLD PER CAPITA INCOME POVERTY LINE CASH TRANSFERS POVERTY IMPACT FLEXIBILITY RURAL POVERTY ALLEVIATION RURAL POVERTY INCOME DISTRIBUTION HOUSEHOLD SIZE ABSOLUTE POVERTY TRANSFER AMOUNTS RURAL ECONOMY RURAL MEANS TESTING MEANS TESTING SAMPLE SIZE RURAL EMPLOYMENT POOR BENEFICIARIES POVERTY LINES RURAL EMPLOYMENT TRANSFER PROGRAMS POOR AREAS SURVEYS POVERTY OUTCOMES POOR COUNTIES VILLAGE LEADERS POOR COUNTIES CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS TARGETING RURAL AREAS SOCIAL ASSISTANCE REGIONS VILLAGE LEVEL STATISTICS EVALUATION POVERTY ALLEVIATION PROGRAMS RURAL HOUSEHOLD POOR HOUSEHOLDS SAMPLING RURAL AREAS POVERTY POVERTY ALLEVIATION BENEFICIARY HOUSEHOLDS POVERTY GAP CONSUMER PRICE INDEX CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY RATE POOR ABSOLUTE POVERTY HOUSEHOLD PARTICIPATION AUTONOMOUS REGIONS POVERTY IMPACT OUTCOMES RURAL POPULATION POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY LEVELS POLICY CHANGES WAGE EMPLOYMENT PARTICIPATION RATES POVERTY ALLEVIATION AUDITING HOUSEHOLD PER CAPITA INCOME HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INEQUALITY HOUSEHOLD SURVEY POOR HOUSEHOLDS This paper examines China’s rural minimum living standard guarantee (dibao) program, one of the largest minimum income cash transfer schemes in the world. Using household survey data matched with published administrative data, the paper describes the dibao program, estimates the program’s impact on poverty, and carries out targeting analysis. The analysis finds that the program provides sufficient income to poor beneficiaries but does not substantially reduce the overall level of poverty, in part because the number of beneficiaries is small relative to the number of poor. Conventional targeting analysis reveals rather large inclusionary and exclusionary targeting errors; propensity score targeting analysis yields smaller but still large targeting errors. Simulations of possible reforms to the dibao program indicate that expanding coverage can potentially yield greater poverty reduction than increasing transfer amounts. In addition, replacing locally diverse dibao lines with a nationally uniform dibao threshold could in theory reduce poverty. The potential gains in poverty reduction, however, depend on the effectiveness of targeting. 2015-08-17T19:38:02Z 2015-08-17T19:38:02Z 2015-07 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/07/24808135/unconditional-cash-transfers-china-analysis-rural-minimum-living-standard-guarantee-program http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22458 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7374 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper East Asia and Pacific China |