How effective can efficient be? Social assistance in Kosovo and what it means for children
How effective can efficient be? Social assistance in Kosovo and what it means for children
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效率能有多高？
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2011
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通讯作者：
F. Gassmann
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K. Roelen;F. Gassmann
大多数社会援助计划的主要目标是减少贫穷，而针对性往往被认为是更有效率和更有效地实现这一目标的重要工具。本文件调查了一项目标明确的福利计划的效率和效力，该计划采用混合目标形式，并受到严格的预算限制，即科索沃的社会援助计划。认识到儿童贫困的长期有害和消极后果，我们特别关注该计划对儿童的影响。采用混合方法研究经济和非经济成本及其影响。调查结果表明，社会援助计划效率很高，但将许多贫困儿童排除在外。贫困的影响是有限的，该计划在接受者中没有引起很好的共鸣。政策模拟表明，在对现行社会援助计划进行修正的同时，逐步增加的预算有可能极大地减少儿童贫穷。
The primary objective of the majority of social assistance schemes is to reduce poverty, and targeting is often considered an important tool to reach this objective more efficiently and effectively. This paper investigates the efficiency and effectiveness of a targeted benefit scheme that uses a hybrid form of targeting and is subject to a tight budget constraint, namely the social assistance scheme in Kosovo. In recognition of the long-term detrimental and negative consequences of child poverty, we focus particularly on the scheme’s impact on children. A mixed method approach is used to investigate both the economic and non-economic costs and implications. Findings suggest that the social assistance scheme is highly efficient but excludes many poor children. Poverty impacts are limited and the scheme does not resonate well with its recipients. Policy simulations indicate that incremental budget increases have the potential to greatly reduce child poverty when implemented hand-in-hand with amendments to the current social assistance scheme.