Social Assistance and Poverty Reduction in Moldova, 2001-2004 : An Impact Evaluation

This paper assesses the impact of social assistance benefits on household welfare in Moldova. Ignoring standard issues of impact evaluations such as selection bias, behavioral responses, unobserved heterogeneity and endogeneity, an incidence analys...

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Main Author:	Verme, Paolo
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	AVERAGE BENEFIT AVERAGE BENEFITS BEHAVIORAL EFFECTS BENEFICIARIES BENEFICIARY BENEFITS INCIDENCE BENEFITS SCHEME CASH BENEFITS CENTRALLY PLANNED ECONOMIES CHILD ALLOWANCES CHILD BENEFITS COMPARATIVE ECONOMICS CONTRIBUTION CONTRIBUTIONS COUNTERFACTUAL DEBT DEFLATORS DISABILITY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT ECONOMIC SITUATION EQUATIONS EXPECTED VALUE FAMILY ALLOWANCES FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL RESOURCES FOOD ITEMS GDP GROWTH RATE HOUSEHOLD BUDGET HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HUMAN RESOURCES IMPACT ON POVERTY INCIDENCE ANALYSIS INCOME INEQUALITY INFRASTRUCTURE REHABILITATION INSURANCE SCHEMES LABOR MARKET LABOR SUPPLY LIVING CONDITIONS LIVING STANDARDS MACROECONOMIC SHOCKS MARKET CONDITIONS MARKET ECONOMY MEANS TESTS MEDIUM TERM EXPENDITURE FRAMEWORK NUMBER OF CHILDREN OLD AGE PENSION PENSION FUNDS PENSIONS POOR POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PEOPLE POVERTY HEADCOUNT INDEX POVERTY IMPACT POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY LEVEL POVERTY LINE POVERTY RATE POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY STATUS PRIMARY EDUCATION PROBABILITIES PROBABILITY PROTECTION SYSTEM PUBLIC ECONOMICS PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC SAFETY NET PUBLIC SPENDING PUBLIC TRANSFERS PURCHASING POWER RECESSION RECESSIONS REGRESSION ANALYSES RURAL RURAL AREAS SECONDARY EDUCATION SELECTION CRITERIA SOCIAL ALLOWANCES SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL BENEFITS SOCIAL INSURANCE SOCIAL PROGRAM SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SAFETY NET SOCIAL TRANSFERS SOCIAL WELFARE TARGETING TRANSITIONAL ECONOMIES UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS WAR WEALTH WELFARE BENEFITS WORK INJURY WORKFARE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/06/9620022/social-assistance-poverty-reduction-moldova-2001-2004-impact-evaluationbr-social-assistance-poverty-reduction-moldova-2001-2004-impact-evaluation http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6861

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/06/9620022/social-assistance-poverty-reduction-moldova-2001-2004-impact-evaluationbr-social-assistance-poverty-reduction-moldova-2001-2004-impact-evaluation
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6861

Social Assistance and Poverty Reduction in Moldova, 2001-2004 : An Impact Evaluation

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