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" Good intentions, bad outcomes : "
Santiago Levy.
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BL
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700883
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b523072
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| Main Entry
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Levy, Santiago.
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Good intentions, bad outcomes : : social policy, informality, and economic growth in Mexico /\ Santiago Levy.
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| Publication Statement
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Washington, D.C. :: Brookings Institution Press,, c2008.
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xv, 357 p. :: ill., map ;; 24 cm.
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0815752199 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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: 9780815752196 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-347) and index.
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| Contents
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Institutions, workers and social programs -- Formality and informality -- Workers' valuation of social programs -- Mobility of workers in the labor market -- Social programs, welfare and productivity -- Productivity and illegal firms -- Investment growth under informality -- Social programs and the fiscal accounts -- Can social policy increase welfare and growth? -- Resources for social programs -- Regional coverage of social programs -- Land holdings of Progresa-Oportunidades Households -- Estimation of Mexico's economically active population -- Mean wage-rate comparison by matching methods -- Equilibrium in the labor market with differences in workers' valuations -- Equilibrium in the labor market with evasion of Social Security -- Profit maximization under informality -- Further remarks on retirement pensions as a social entitlement.
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| Abstract
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"Argues that incoherent social programs significantly contribute to poverty and little growth. Proposes converting the existing social security system into universal social entitlements. Advocates eliminating wage-based social security contributions and raising consumption taxes on higher-income households to increase the rate of GDP growth, reduce inequality, and improve benefits for workers"--Provided by publisher.
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Mexico, Social conditions, 1970-
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Mexico, Social policy.
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331.10972
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HN113.5.L49 2008
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