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1 In-kind transfers in Brazil: household consumption and welfare eects Bruno Toni Palialol Instituto de Pesquisas Econômicas - USP 2016 Brazilian Stata Users Group meeting São Paulo 02/12/2016 In-kind transfers in Brazil: household consumption and welfare eects Bruno Toni Palialol 1/ 41
2 Agenda 1 Motivation 2 In-kind transfers 3 Identication strategy 4 Database 5 Results 6 Welfare considerations 7 Policy considerations In-kind transfers in Brazil: household consumption and welfare eects Bruno Toni Palialol 2/ 41
3 Agenda 1 Motivation 2 In-kind transfers 3 Identication strategy 4 Database 5 Results 6 Welfare considerations 7 Policy considerations In-kind transfers in Brazil: household consumption and welfare eects Bruno Toni Palialol 3/ 41
4 Figure: Millions of workers receiving benets from PAT Apr/2016 Southeast South Northeast Midwest North Total 0.0
5 Programa de Alimentacao dos Trabalhadores (PAT) Created in 1976 aiming to provide nutritionally adequate meals for (low income) workers in order to increase their productivity Firms can deduce up to 4% due income tax and benets are not salary There are two dierent ways to implement the program: 1 Self-management: rm provides cooked or non-cooked meals (e.g. restaurants and cesta basica) 2 Outsourcing: rm delegates the above tasks to an specialized rm and/or provides debt cards or coupons that can only be exchanged for food items (vouchers) In-kind transfers in Brazil: household consumption and welfare eects Bruno Toni Palialol 5/ 41
6 Agenda 1 Motivation 2 In-kind transfers 3 Identication strategy 4 Database 5 Results 6 Welfare considerations 7 Policy considerations In-kind transfers in Brazil: household consumption and welfare eects Bruno Toni Palialol 6/ 41
7 D f ( q f ) = EM f ( q f ) NB f ( q f ) = q In kind f qf Cash = C = F = A D II II II II I B I E Source: Based on Cunha (2014), own elaboration
8 Taxes may turn cash transfers worse than in-kind For an additional R$1.00 in salary, rms pay R$0.48 in taxes Workers pay from 8% to 22% in taxes, depending on income level So cash transfers are discounted: T = (1 τ)t Discounted cash transfer are not always preferred to in-kind In-kind transfers in Brazil: household consumption and welfare eects Bruno Toni Palialol 8/ 41
9 q(y + T, p) q(y + p f q f, p) q(y + T, p) q nf C G A D B H E q f
10 q(y + T, p) q(y + T, p) q(y + p f q f, p) q nf C G A D B H E q f
11 q(y + T, p) q(y + p f q f, p) q(y + T, p) q nf C G A D B H E q f
12 Agenda 1 Motivation 2 In-kind transfers 3 Identication strategy 4 Database 5 Results 6 Welfare considerations 7 Policy considerations In-kind transfers in Brazil: household consumption and welfare eects Bruno Toni Palialol 12/ 41
13 Understanding program assignment E[q f 1i q f 0i D i = 1] = E(q f 1i D i = 1) E(q f 0i D i = 1) Factors that aect program assignment must be controlled: Firms: 1 Fiscal incentives limit eligibility to big corporations 2 Labor unions pressure for benets, so sector inuence participation 3 Providing food may be a rm strategy to raise labor productivity and attract workers in low skilled sectors Individuals: preferences towards food may aect job seeking, which is translated in socioeconomic variables In-kind transfers in Brazil: household consumption and welfare eects Bruno Toni Palialol 13/ 41
14 Figure: % of eligible workers receiving benets from PAT (2014) Source: MTE (RAIS), own elaboration
15 Table: Percentage of beneciaries and non-beneciaries by economic activity Economic activity Beneciaries Non-Beneciaries Services 27% 20% Industry 25% 16% Commerce 16% 19% Education and Health 11% 8% Construction 10% 12% Transportation 8% 6% Agriculture 2% 19% Table shows percentage of beneciaries and non-beneciaries by economic sector. 27% of beneciaries work with services, while only 20% of non-beneciaries participate in this sector. Other sectors present a similar tendency, showing their importance in explaining benet provision.
16 Correction for selection bias Regional, sectoral and socioeconomic variables correct for selection bias: E[q f 1i q f 0i D i = 1, X ] = E(q f 1i D i = 1, X ) E(q f 0i D i = 1, X ) And according to Rosenbaum and Rubin (1983): E[q f 1i q f 0i D i = 1, P(X )] = E(q f 1i D i = 1, P(X )) E(q f 0i D i = 1, P(X )) In-kind transfers in Brazil: household consumption and welfare eects Bruno Toni Palialol 16/ 41
17 Propensity score matching Distortion is estimated using PSM Preferred to other methods because does not require specic functional form, adapts better to nonlinearities and presents strong internal validity If X is well specied, balancing is achieved and common support holds, estimates are causal eects of PAT In-kind transfers in Brazil: household consumption and welfare eects Bruno Toni Palialol 17/ 41
18 Agenda 1 Motivation 2 In-kind transfers 3 Identication strategy 4 Database 5 Results 6 Welfare considerations 7 Policy considerations In-kind transfers in Brazil: household consumption and welfare eects Bruno Toni Palialol 18/ 41
19 Pesquisa de Orcamentos Familiares - POF Household Budget Survey Provide income, expenses and socioeconomic information for 56,000 Brazilian families Conversion: all food items calculated in kg All values annualized (annualization factor) and corrected for 2009 R$ (monetary correction). Exchange rate R$/US$2.38 In-kind transfers in Brazil: household consumption and welfare eects Bruno Toni Palialol 19/ 41
20 Figure: Family monthly average net benet (2009 US$) Density Net benefit (US$)
21 Characteristics B mean NB mean Dierence # dwellers *** Man (%) Caucasian (%) *** Married (%) *** Literate (%) *** Health insurance (%) *** Age (years) *** Education (years) *** Annual income (US$) 1, *** Annual per capita income (US$) *** *p<0.1; **p<0.05; ***p<0.01 Table presents beneciary (B) and nonbeneciary (NB) mean samples for selected variables. Traditional mean dierence test is applied to verify dierences among groups. Where (%), dierence is in percentual points. Otherwise, it follows variable measure.
22 Figure: Annual income distribution of beneciary and nonbeneciary families (2009 US$) Density Family income (US$) Beneficiary Nonbeneficiary
23 Figure: % of workers receiving each type of benet (2015). Source: mte.gov.br
24 Agenda 1 Motivation 2 In-kind transfers 3 Identication strategy 4 Database 5 Results 6 Welfare considerations 7 Policy considerations In-kind transfers in Brazil: household consumption and welfare eects Bruno Toni Palialol 24/ 41
25 Methodology to estimate benet distortion We need to estimate the following dierence: D f ( q f ) = q in kind f q cash f (1) We do not observe q cash f Strategy: run PSM to control for observables and compare matches in income. Those who not received the benet but received a higher income that equals the benet value will be used to estimate ˆq cash f 1 Y D=0 = Y D=1 + T T = Y 2 Y D=0 = Y D=1 + T [1 τ%] T = Y [1 τ%] In-kind transfers in Brazil: household consumption and welfare eects Bruno Toni Palialol 25/ 41
26 PSM specication Variables used : regional, sectoral and socioeconomic. Favorite specication: #dwellers, education, race, transportation, services, south and north. Only formal workers of the private sector were considered for the analysis Mahalanobis matching (King and Nielsen (2015)) with replacement and bias correction (Abadie and Imbens (2002)). As for Abadie and Imbens (2008), bootstrap estimation of S.E. are usually not valid for matching procedures, so we use the estimator proposed by Abadie and Imbens (2006). In-kind transfers in Brazil: household consumption and welfare eects Bruno Toni Palialol 26/ 41
27 Table: Estimated distortion eects of PAT benets on food consumption (in kilograms) with bias correction (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) Full sample Poor Rich Full Sample Poor Rich Benet 11.23* 30.40** ** 30.40** 28.34* (6.74) (14.67) (16.36) (6.72) (13.93) (16.73) Observations 18,235 3,648 3,625 18,235 3,647 3,625 Controls YES YES YES YES YES YES Income Standard errors in parentheses *** p<0.01, ** p<0.05, * p<0.1 Table presents eects of treatment on food consumption in kilograms. Income 1: Y D=0 = Y D=1 + T T = Y. Income 2: Y D=0 = Y D=1 + T [1 τ%] T = Y [1 τ%]. Other controls are #dwellers, education, race, transportation, services, south and north. Poor and Rich samples represent, respectively, 20 percent bottom and 20 percent top of income distribution.
28 Alternative PSM specication Slight mispecication of the propensity score model can result in substantial bias of estimated treatment eects (Kang and Schafer (2007), Smith and Todd (2005)). Idea of an iterative (non discretionary) method inspired in Imai and Ratkovic (2014). First step: probit regression indicates which variables will be used for matching (signicance used: 1%). Second step: eliminate iteratively those variables that we were unable to balance. Iterative method: #dwellers, industry, construction, commerce, northeast, southeast. In-kind transfers in Brazil: household consumption and welfare eects Bruno Toni Palialol 28/ 41
29 Results Consumption excess vary from 5.3% to 8.1% in full sample and from 15.7% to 25.0% for poor. Rich did not present any distortion. Poor families welfare depend on their preferences Rich are in rst-best situation, so program is innocuous for them In-kind transfers in Brazil: household consumption and welfare eects Bruno Toni Palialol 29/ 41
30 Heterogeneity 1 - Education Favorite Specication Iterative Method Benet 23.21*** *** (8.89) (10.32) (10.08) (11.54) Observations 10,876 7,359 9,426 6,433 Controls YES YES YES YES Education 0-8 years years 0-8 years years Standard errors in parentheses *** p<0.01, ** p<0.05, * p<0.1 Table presents eects of treatment on food consumption in kilograms. Controls for Favorite Specication: income, education, race, #dwellers, transportation, services, south and north. Controls for Iterative Method: income, #dwellers, industry, construction, commerce, northeast and southeast. In-kind transfers in Brazil: household consumption and welfare eects Bruno Toni Palialol 30/ 41
31 Heterogeneity 2 - Sector Favorite Specication Iterative Method Benet 14.09* ** (7.89) (12.05) (11.09) (8.55) Observations 10,873 6,864 7,030 12,687 Controls YES YES YES YES Sector set A B A B Standard errors in parentheses *** p<0.01, ** p<0.05, * p<0.1 Table presents eects of treatment on food consumption in kilograms. Controls for Favorite Specication: income, education, race, #dwellers, transportation, services, south and north. Controls for Iterative Method: income, #dwellers, industry, construction, commerce, northeast and southeast. Sector set A: services, industry and commerce. Sector set B: education and health, construction, transportation and agriculture. In-kind transfers in Brazil: household consumption and welfare eects Bruno Toni Palialol 31/ 41
32 Food compostion analysis Higher food consumption does not imply better nutrition Food is broken into the following categories: cereal and pasta; fuits and vegetables; sugar and candies; meats; nonalcoholic beverages; alcoholic beverages; and industrialized Same analysis apply In-kind transfers in Brazil: household consumption and welfare eects Bruno Toni Palialol 32/ 41
33 Full sample 20% poor 20% rich Favorite specication Iterative method Cereal and pasta -5.09** -4.42* Fruits and vegetables -3.90** Sugar and candies -1.71* Meat/Chicken/Fish Nonalcoholic beverages Alcoholic beverages Industrialized Cereal and pasta ** Fruits and vegetables Sugar and candies Meat/Chicken/Fish Nonalcoholic beverages 6.86* 8.01* Alcoholic beverages Industrialized * Cereal and pasta -9.89** ** Fruits and vegetables Sugar and candies Meat/Chicken/Fish * Nonalcoholic beverages Alcoholic beverages 4.96* 4.83 Industrialized *p<0.1; **p<0.05; ***p<0.01 Table measures treatment eect on treated (in kilograms) considering bias correction for seven food categories. Favorite specication includes # dwellers, education, race, transportation, services, south and north dummies. Variables of iterative method are #dwellers industry, construction, commerce, northeast and southeast. In-kind transfers in Brazil: household consumption and welfare eects Bruno Toni Palialol 33/ 41
34 Robustness All results are robust to both specications and types of income Method was capable to balance all covariates in all specications Common support holds In-kind transfers in Brazil: household consumption and welfare eects Bruno Toni Palialol 34/ 41
35 Agenda 1 Motivation 2 In-kind transfers 3 Identication strategy 4 Database 5 Results 6 Welfare considerations 7 Policy considerations In-kind transfers in Brazil: household consumption and welfare eects Bruno Toni Palialol 35/ 41
36 Welfare considerations Figure: Deadweight Loss DWL 1 2 ( ) Q. Q. Pm ɛ P,Q Q m < 0 In-kind transfers in Brazil: household consumption and welfare eects Bruno Toni Palialol 36/ 41
37 Estimating compensated elasticities Demand estimation through QUAIDS, augmented to consider demographic variables: w i = α i + [ ] k m γ ij lnp j +(β i + η i z)ln + m 0 (z)a(p) { [ ]} 2 λ i m ln b(p)c(p, z) m 0 (z)a(p) j=1 Ray(1983) introduced demographics in AIDS and Poi(2002) extended his work to QUAIDS z represents a vector of s characteristics In-kind transfers in Brazil: household consumption and welfare eects Bruno Toni Palialol 37/ 41
38 Table: Deadweight loss associated with distortion in food consumption (US$) Sample Full 20% Poor Model specication Favorite specication Iterative method Favorite specication Iterative method Quantity (Control) Quantity (Treated) Price (US$ 2015) Comp. price-elasticity DWL per family (US$) # of families 7,926,638 7,926, , ,885 DWL (US$ million 2015) Table calculates deadweight associated with distortion in food consumption. For each sample, both favorite and iterative model specications are considered. Analysis focus in two subsamples: full; and 20% bottom of income distribution. Compensated price-elasticities are calculated for each sample. In-kind transfers in Brazil: household consumption and welfare eects Bruno Toni Palialol 38/ 41
39 Agenda 1 Motivation 2 In-kind transfers 3 Identication strategy 4 Database 5 Results 6 Welfare considerations 7 Policy considerations In-kind transfers in Brazil: household consumption and welfare eects Bruno Toni Palialol 39/ 41
40 Results and policy considerations Low income families consume more food than desired while rich families are not aected Policy alternatives: 1 Allow poor workers decide whether to receive benets in cash or in-kind 2 Remove benets from rich and reallocate resources Although further analysis is needed, there is no evidence that transfers improve worker's nutritional status Conclusion: PAT may be not reaching its objectives Deadweight loss associated with distortions reach US$63.1 (R$150.2) million annually In-kind transfers in Brazil: household consumption and welfare eects Bruno Toni Palialol 40/ 41
41 Main contributions To the best of our knowledge: rst work to evaluate PAT using microeconomic theory and robust impact evaluation framework Discuss program impacts on economic welfare, allowing cost-benet analysis Raise evidences to discuss in which extent PAT benets Brazilian workers Policy suggestions for discussion State foundations for further research: nutrients, impacts in other economic sectors and government budget In-kind transfers in Brazil: household consumption and welfare eects Bruno Toni Palialol 41/ 41
In-kind transfers in Brazil: household. consumption and welfare effects
UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO FACULDADE DE ECONOMIA, ADMINISTRAÇÃO E CONTABILIDADE DEPARTAMENTO DE ECONOMIA PROGRAMA DE PÓS-GRADUAÇÃO EM ECONOMIA In-kind transfers in Brazil: household consumption and welfare
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