EUROMOD Working Paper Series EM8/12

Evaluating the performance of means-tested benefits in Bulgaria

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Publication date

28 Sep 2012

Abstract

Little is known about the effectiveness of means-tested benefits in Bulgaria. Using individual and household level data, I analyse the performance of two social assistance and two means-tested child benefits. I find that the programmes reach a very small proportion of the households with incomes below a relative poverty line. Furthermore, the transfers are characterized with very high non-take up and inclusion of non-entitled or non-poor recipients. Poverty rates decrease by a small degree among benefit clients and yet, the impact is insufficient to affect overall poverty, or for the benefits to achieve their ultimate goals.

Subjects

Poverty, Welfare Benefits, and Microsimulation

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