The (lack of) distortionary effects of proxy-means tests: Results from a nationwide experiment in Indonesia

Many developing country governments determine eligibility for anti-poverty programs using censuses of household assets. Does this distort subsequent reporting of, or actual purchases of, those assets? We ran a nationwide experiment in Indonesia where, in randomly selected provinces, the government a...

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Main Authors: Banerjee, Abhijit, Hanna, Rema, Olken, Benjamin A., Sumarto, Sudarno
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Elsevier BV 2024
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/153916

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