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Is the Cure Worse than the Disease? Unintended Effects of Payment Reform in a Quantity-Based Transfer Program
American Economic Review ( IF 10.7 ) Pub Date : 2020-06-01 , DOI: 10.1257/aer.20160164
Katherine Meckel 1
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Quantity vouchers are used in redistributive programs to shield participants from price variation and alter their consumption patterns. However, because participants are insensitive to prices, vendors of program goods are incentivized to price discriminate between program and non-program customers. I study these trade-offs in the context of a reform to reduce price discrimination in the Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), which provides a quantity voucher for nutritious foods to low-income mothers and children. The reform caused vendors to drop out, reducing program take-up. In addition, smaller vendors increased prices charged to non-WIC shoppers by 6.4 percent.

中文翻译:

治愈比疾病更糟糕吗?基于数量的转移计划中的付款改革的意外影响

数量券用于再分配计划中,以保护参与者免受价格波动的影响,并改变他们的消费方式。但是,由于参与者对价格不敏感,因此激励了计划商品的供应商以区分计划和非计划客户的价格。我在为减少对妇女,婴儿和儿童的营养补充计划(WIC)中的价格歧视进行改革的背景下研究了这些取舍,该计划为低收入的母亲和儿童提供了营养食品的数量凭证。改革导致供应商退出,减少了计划占用。此外,较小的供应商将向非WIC购物者收取的价格提高了6.4%。
更新日期:2020-06-01
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