ELIE-minating poverty? Limits of the mechanism and potential improvements

Alain Leroux () and Justin Leroux
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Alain Leroux: GREQAM - Groupement de Recherche en Économie Quantitative d'Aix-Marseille - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - AMU - Aix Marseille Université - ECM - École Centrale de Marseille - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: Using French data, we show that ELIE performs rather weakly when it comes to addressing the issue of poverty. Yet, eliminating poverty is also a valid normative property of any redistribution mechanism. We suggest combining ELIE with another redistributive solution aimed specifically at alleviating poverty: the personal allowance mechanism (Leroux, 2004 and 2007). We argue that ELIE and the personal allowance mechanism, more than being compatible, are in fact complementary.

Keywords: poverty; redistribution; social justice (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008-12-18
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