Geographic Targeting in Urban Areas: A Social-Welfare Program for Older People in Mexico

• Main Author: Aguila, Emma (auth)
• Other Authors: Kapteyn, Arie (auth), Mejia, Nelly (auth), Robles, Rosalba (auth), Vargas, Oscar (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 2014
• Subjects: Family & relationships; Coping with old age; History of the Americas; History
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This report details a comparison of the results of a social-gap index based on local and social observations at the block level with other marginalization and social-gap rates used to target social-welfare programs in Mexico. It also assesses the feasibility of targeting delivery of noncontributory...