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dc.creatorGalindo Paliza, Luis Miguel
dc.creatorFilgueira, Fernando
dc.creatorBlofield, Marike
dc.creatorFrancisco Cruz, Carlos Alberto
dc.date.issued2020-12-31
dc.identifier.issn2196-436X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11651/4674
dc.descriptionCOVID-19, consumption, basic public services, food, basic income, fiscal costs
dc.description.abstractThe objective of this article is to estimate the fiscal costs, using income and expenditure surveys, of the provision of basic public services (electricity, water, telephone and internet) for the 40% of the population with the lowest incomes, the provision of a subsidy of 50% of actual food expenditure for the 40% of the population with the lowest incomes and the provision of a basic income per household equivalent to the value of the poverty line for households under the poverty line in Costa Rica, Guatemala and El Salvador during the COVID-19 pandemic. These fiscal options are a fundamental component of any public health strategy against the COVID-19 considering they give economic viability to the population during the isolation and mobility restrictions period and financial support during the economic and social emergency. The results show that the fiscal costs of the provision of basic public services to 40% of the population with the lowest incomes or other fiscal measures considering less ambitious targets are heterogeneous between these Central American countries because of previous conditions and public policies but are reasonable and possible to cover under the actual circumstances.
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherCentro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas
dc.relation.ispartofLatin American Economic Review, volumen 29, diciembre de 2020
dc.rightsLa revista Latin American Economic Review autoriza a poner en acceso abierto de conformidad con las licencias CREATIVE COMMONS, aprobadas por el Consejo Académico Administrativo del CIDE, las cuales establecen los parámetros de difusión de las obras con fines no comerciales. Lo anterior sin perjuicio de los derechos morales que corresponden a los autores.
dc.source2196-436X
dc.titleThe fiscal cost of the provision of basic public services, subsidies for expenditure on food and basic citizen income per household during the COVID-19 pandemic: an expenditure analysis
dc.typeArtículo
dc.accessrightsAcceso abierto
dc.recordIdentifier000004674
dc.rights.licenseCreative Commons Reconocimiento-NoComercial-SinObraDerivada 4.0 International CC BY-NC-ND
dc.identifier.citationEn: Latin American Economic Review, volumen 29, diciembre de 2020
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.47872/laer-2020-29-7s
dc.identifier.urlhttps://www.latinaer.org/index.php/laer/article/view/9


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