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...
Main Authors: | Banerjee, Abhijit, Hanna, Rema, Olken, Benjamin A., Sumarto, Sudarno |
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Other Authors: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics |
Format: | Article |
Language: | en_US |
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Elsevier BV
2024
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Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/153916 |
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