The welfare returns to finer targeting:: The case of the Progresa program in Mexico
The welfare returns to finer targeting:: The case of the Progresa program in Mexico
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DOI：
10.1007/s10797-006-4824-2
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发表时间：
2006-05-01
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通讯作者：
Coady, David P.
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作者：
Coady, David P.
在发展中国家，通过结合不同的目标确定方法，试图更好地确定社会安全网方案的惠益，这是很常见的。我们在墨西哥的PROGRESA计划的背景下，评估更精细的目标的回报。该方案是文献中的一个突出方案，反映了这样一个事实，即它已得到广泛评价，被认为具有很好的针对性，并已被用作该区域内外许多其他方案的原型。我们还确定了相对增量的贡献，每一个目标定位方法的整体目标性能的程序。我们发现，地理定位占主导地位的人口定位（基于连接转移水平的人口组成），这反过来又占主导地位的家庭代理手段定位。然而，代理手段的目标的贡献大幅增加，该计划扩展到不那么边缘的地方。调整不完全吸收仅略微增加程序的瞄准性能。
It is common in developing countries to attempt finer targeting of the benefits from social safety net programs through combining different targeting methods. We evaluate the returns to finer targeting in the context of the PROGRESA program in Mexico. This program is a prominent program in the literature reflecting the fact that it has been widely evaluated, is perceived to be well targeted, and has been used as a prototype for many other programs in the region and beyond. We also identify the relative incremental contribution of each targeting method to the overall targeting performance of the program. We find that geographic targeting dominates demographic targeting (based on linking transfer levels to demographic composition), which in turn dominates household proxy-means targeting. However, the contribution of proxy-means targeting increases substantially as the program expands into less marginal localities. Adjusting for incomplete take-up increases the targeting performance of the program only slightly.