You, Me and the Mean: a Semiparametric Approach to the Redistributive Effects of Transfer Programs

Garcia-Medina Cecilia

No 2016-16, Working Papers from Banco de México

Abstract: I examine how changes in the receipt of social transfers benefits associated to program reforms have affected the Canadian income distribution over the 1996-2006 period. Using the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics, I apply nonparametric decomposition methods to construct density counterfactuals that identify the distributive effects of each transfer program. Counterfactual densities are constructed by reweighting the income distribution with propensity score functions that reflect changes in the probability of receiving program benefits. I find that reforms to the Social Assistance program have reduced its redistributive effectiveness, whereas Child Benefits, Employment Insurance and Old Age Security are more redistributive than in 1996.

Keywords: Redistribution; income inequality; tax and transfer system; nonparametric methods (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C14 D31 H23 I38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016-10
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