Short- and long-term poverty and social policy in a "snakes and ladders" model of growth /

Short- and long-term poverty and social policy in a "snakes and ladders" model of growth /

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Author / Creator:	Cuevas, Alfredo.
Imprint:	[Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, Fiscal Affairs Dept., ©2001.
Description:	1 online resource (29 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	IMF working paper, 2227-8885 ; WP/01/172 IMF working paper ; WP/01/172.
Subject:	Economic development -- Effect of poverty on -- Econometric models. Poverty -- Econometric models. Social policy -- Econometric models. Human capital -- Econometric models. Social security -- Econometric models. Human capital -- Econometric models. Poverty -- Econometric models. Social policy -- Econometric models. Social security -- Econometric models.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12496469

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Other authors / contributors:	International Monetary Fund. Fiscal Affairs Department.
ISBN:	1451903839 9781451903836 1282107437 9781282107434 1462371051 9781462371051 1451994451 9781451994452 9786613800787 6613800783 9781451858570 1451858574
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (page 40). Restrictions unspecified Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 English. digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve Print version record.
Summary:	Throughout the world, the great popularity of programs to protect those who may fall into poverty stands in contrast with the weakness of policies aimed at helping individuals who are already poor to overcome long-term poverty. In the paper, an OLG model with persistent poverty and limited social mobility is used to explore some of the reasons for the different success rates of these two types of policies, as well as the gains that can be expected from these and other policies in terms of economic growth. The popularity of social insurance schemes may be due to their relative ex-ante fairness, while the reluctance of societies to support effective policies to reduce long-term poverty may be explained by the redistributive bias of these policies, especially in the short term. However, the failure to attack long-term poverty can reduce long-run growth.
Other form:	Print version: Cuevas, Alfredo. Short- and long-term poverty and social policy in a "snakes and ladders" model of growth. [Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, Fiscal Affairs Dept., ©2001
Standard no.:	10.5089/9781451903836.001

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Summary:	Throughout the world, the great popularity of programs to protect those who may fall into poverty stands in contrast with the weakness of policies aimed at helping individuals who are already poor to overcome long-term poverty. In the paper, an OLG model with persistent poverty and limited social mobility is used to explore some of the reasons for the different success rates of these two types of policies, as well as the gains that can be expected from these and other policies in terms of economic growth. The popularity of social insurance schemes may be due to their relative ex-ante fairness, while the reluctance of societies to support effective policies to reduce long-term poverty may be explained by the redistributive bias of these policies, especially in the short term. However, the failure to attack long-term poverty can reduce long-run growth.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (29 pages) : illustrations
Format:	Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (page 40).
ISBN:	1451903839 9781451903836 1282107437 9781282107434 1462371051 9781462371051 1451994451 9781451994452 9786613800787 6613800783 9781451858570 1451858574
ISSN:	2227-8885 ;