Does Elite Capture Matter? Local Elites and Targeted Welfare Programs in Indonesia
This paper investigates how elite capture affects the welfare gains from targeted government transfer programs in Indonesia, using both a high-stakes field experiment that varied the extent of elite influence and nonexperimental data on a variety of existing government programs. While the relatives...
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| author | Alatas, Vivi Banerjee, Abhijit Hanna, Rema Olken, Benjamin Purnamasari, Ririn Wai-Poi, Matthew |
| author2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics |
| author_facet | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics Alatas, Vivi Banerjee, Abhijit Hanna, Rema Olken, Benjamin Purnamasari, Ririn Wai-Poi, Matthew |
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| description | This paper investigates how elite capture affects the welfare gains from targeted government transfer programs in Indonesia, using both a high-stakes field experiment that varied the extent of elite influence and nonexperimental data on a variety of existing government programs. While the relatives of those holding formal leadership positions are more likely to receive benefits in some programs, we argue that the welfare consequences of elite capture appear small: eliminating elite capture entirely would improve the welfare gains from these programs by less than one percent. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1242852022-09-27T19:30:11Z Does Elite Capture Matter? Local Elites and Targeted Welfare Programs in Indonesia Alatas, Vivi Banerjee, Abhijit Hanna, Rema Olken, Benjamin Purnamasari, Ririn Wai-Poi, Matthew Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics This paper investigates how elite capture affects the welfare gains from targeted government transfer programs in Indonesia, using both a high-stakes field experiment that varied the extent of elite influence and nonexperimental data on a variety of existing government programs. While the relatives of those holding formal leadership positions are more likely to receive benefits in some programs, we argue that the welfare consequences of elite capture appear small: eliminating elite capture entirely would improve the welfare gains from these programs by less than one percent. National Institutes of Health (U.S.) (Grant P01 HD061315) 2020-03-24T15:55:03Z 2020-03-24T15:55:03Z 2019-05 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 2574-0768 2574-0776 https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/124285 Alatas, Vivi et al. "Does Elite Capture Matter? Local Elites and Targeted Welfare Programs in Indonesia." AEA Papers and Proceedings, 109 (May 2019): 334-339 http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/pandp.20191047 AEA Papers and Proceedings Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf American Economic Association Nicholas Albaugh |
| spellingShingle | Alatas, Vivi Banerjee, Abhijit Hanna, Rema Olken, Benjamin Purnamasari, Ririn Wai-Poi, Matthew Does Elite Capture Matter? Local Elites and Targeted Welfare Programs in Indonesia |
| title | Does Elite Capture Matter? Local Elites and Targeted Welfare Programs in Indonesia |
| title_full | Does Elite Capture Matter? Local Elites and Targeted Welfare Programs in Indonesia |
| title_fullStr | Does Elite Capture Matter? Local Elites and Targeted Welfare Programs in Indonesia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Does Elite Capture Matter? Local Elites and Targeted Welfare Programs in Indonesia |
| title_short | Does Elite Capture Matter? Local Elites and Targeted Welfare Programs in Indonesia |
| title_sort | does elite capture matter local elites and targeted welfare programs in indonesia |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/124285 |
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