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S7 Ep39: Getting cash transfers right
Season 7 · Episode 39

S7 Ep39: Getting cash transfers right

VoxTalks Economics

August 16, 202424m 56s

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Show Notes

Sending regular small sums of money to households or individuals are go-to policy. Should these transfers be universal or targeted? And how big, and how regular, should the sums be? In another episode based on the most interesting presentations from the CEPR-PSE Symposium 2024, Paul Niehaus explains to Tim Phillips how cash transfers work best to relieve poverty.

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