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Cash transfer programmes, income inequality and regional disparities. The case of the Uruguayan Asignaciones Familiares

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  • Verónica Amarante
  • Rodrigo Arim
  • Andrea Vigorito

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This article aims at contributing to the debate on the effectiveness of cash transfers in terms of income inequality variations at the national and regional level, in middle-income countries like Uruguay. We microsimulate how targeting criteria affect impacts on school attendance, income inequality and poverty of the recently incepted cash transfer programme Asignaciones Familiares. Our results show that inequality tends to persist although programme effects on child education, indigence and poverty are positive. Targeting mechanisms strongly condition both the geographical distribution of beneficiaries and school attendance outcomes but do not affect regional disparities and programme effects on inequality. Copyright 2010, Oxford University Press.

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  • Verónica Amarante & Rodrigo Arim & Andrea Vigorito, 2010. "Cash transfer programmes, income inequality and regional disparities. The case of the Uruguayan Asignaciones Familiares," Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, Cambridge Political Economy Society, vol. 4(1), pages 139-154.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:cjrecs:v:4:y:2010:i:1:p:139-154
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    1. Johan Sandberg, 2012. "Conditional Cash Transfers and Social Mobility: The Role of Asymmetric Structures and Segmentation Processes," Development and Change, International Institute of Social Studies, vol. 43(6), pages 1337-1359, November.
    2. Vanesa Jorda & Jose M. Alonso, 2020. "What works to mitigate and reduce relative (and absolute) inequality?: A systematic review," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2020-152, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).

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