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Social transfers and social assistance - an empirical analysis using Latvian household survey data

The author assesses the performance of Latvia's system of social transfers, in three ways: First, he analyzes the incidence (who receives transfers) of pensions, family allowances, unemployment benefits, and social assistance. Per capita analysis shows pensions tending to be pro-rich, and families allowances pro-poor (a finding typical in poverty analyses)…

Link http://www-wds.worldbank.…64258546&theSitePK=523679
Author Milanovic, B.
Date 30-Apr-2000
Institute World Bank
Tags social, Latvia, household, pension, unemployment

See also

  1. Political Risk of Social Security: Evidence from Reforms in Hungary and the Czech Republic.
  2. Enlargement of the European Union and the Harmonisation of Public Pension Systems
  3. Unemployment and the earnings structure in Latvia
  4. Russia - Fiscal costs of structural reforms
  5. Gender dimensions of pension reform in the Former Soviet Union

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