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| Title: |
The chaning composition of income transfer programmes: a public choice analysis |
| Author: |
Colburn, Christopher B. |
| Appeared in: |
Applied economics |
| Paging: | Volume 24 (1992) nr. 2 pages 161-168 |
| Year: |
1992-02 |
| Contents: |
This paper investigates the role of the interaction between the aid to families with dependent children (AFDC) and Food Stamp programmes as an explanation for the decline in real income transfers experienced in the United States in the 1970s. A public choice model is developed that focuses on the negative income tax features of the Food Stamp programme and its impact on the marginal cost of income redistribution. The hypothesis developed from the theoretical model is investigated with a panel data set. The econometric results suggests that the introduction of the Food Stamp Programme did lead to a decline in real AFDC transfers but that combined transfers (AFDC plus Food Stamps) rose after the introduction of the Food Stamp programme. It is further found that a 'flypaper' effect is present which explains the strong stimulative effect from the Food Stamp grant on the level of income redistribution. |
| Publisher: |
Routledge |
| Source file: |
Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften |
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