A Case for In-Kind Transfers
- 1 April 1986
- journal article
- essays
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Economics and Philosophy
- Vol. 2 (1) , 55-73
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0266267100000791
Abstract
One of the most common policy-related messages that economists present to non-economists is the superiority of cash over in-kind transfers as a policy tool. A good deal of government policy on behalf of the poor consists, of course, of various forms of in-kind assistance, such as medical care or food stamps. However, if we wish to help the poor, the argument goes, in-kind transfers are an inferior way to do so.Keywords
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