In-Kind Versus Cash Transfert: Assessing Disbursement

Philip R. Jones and John G. Cullis
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Philip R. Jones: University of Bath
John G. Cullis: University of Bath

Public Finance Review, 1997, vol. 25, issue 1, 25-43

Abstract: Abstract One advantage of in-kind transfers is that they can focus assistance on low-income (eligible) beneficiaries by appearing relatively unattractive to high-income (ineligi ble) individuals. This article attempts to identify the conditions under which an in-kind transfer performs selectively. Central to the analysis is the question of whether an in-kind transfer is disbursed in a way that permits resale. In the United Kingdom, recent "privatization" schemes have transferred durable consumption goods to the private sector. Such schemes permit in-kind assistance to be encashed and create "perverse" income redistribution.

Date: 1997
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DOI: 10.1177/109114219702500102

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