Rethinking social assistance amid the COVID-19 pandemic: guaranteeing the right to income security in Ecuador
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Keywords
cash transfers; Ecuador; inequality; micro-simulation; poverty; social protection; tax reform; universal basic income; Covid-19; coronavirus;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H24 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Personal Income and Other Nonbusiness Taxes and Subsidies
- H53 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Welfare Programs
- I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-PBE-2024-03-25 (Public Economics)
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