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Government Cash Transfers, Household Consumption, And Poverty Alleviation - The Case Of Russia

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  • Richter, Kaspar
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The paper develops a new approach to measuring the impact of government cash transfers on poverty alleviation that takes into account endogenous reactions and consumption smoothing of households. We use the methodology to study the impact of changes in government cash benefits on poverty rates in Russia during 1994 to 1998. The methodological contribution is twofold. First, we estimate the propensity to consume from government cash transfers separately for each transfer type, and interpret the differences in the coefficients in the light of Friedman's permanent income hypothesis. The propensity to consume is higher from regular than from transitory income sources, and higher for pensions than for child benefits and other income. Second, we propose a new decomposition technique to disentangle the impact of changes in government transfers and changes in the expenditure distribution excluding cash transfers on movements in poverty rates. At least 30% of the rise in poverty between 1994 and 1998 was due to the changes in cash transfer policy. Keeping benefits at the level of 1994, poverty would have been lower by around 20% in 1998.

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  • Richter, Kaspar, 2000. "Government Cash Transfers, Household Consumption, And Poverty Alleviation - The Case Of Russia," CEPR Discussion Papers 2422, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    • Handle: RePEc:cpr:ceprdp:2422
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    Cited by:

    1. World Bank, 2002. "Child Welfare Outcomes During the 1990s : The Case of Russia, Volume 2. Main Report," World Bank Publications - Reports 15325, The World Bank Group.
    2. Steven Stillman, 2001. "The Response of Consumption in Russian Households to Economic Shocks," William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series 412, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan.
    3. Genka Rafailova, 2005. "Key Determinant for Sustainable Development of Tourist Destination," Economic Studies journal, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences - Economic Research Institute, issue 2, pages 151-174.
    4. World Bank, 2003. "The Russian Labor Market : Moving from Crisis to Recovery," World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group, number 15007.
    5. World Bank, 2003. "Russia : Development Policy Review," World Bank Publications - Reports 13874, The World Bank Group.

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    Keywords

    Consumption; Poverty; Russia; Pensions; Child benefits;
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    JEL classification:

    • D12 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
    • H53 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Welfare Programs
    • H55 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Social Security and Public Pensions
    • I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
    • I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs

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