The effects of income transfers on poverty reduction in people with disabilities in South Korea

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ID12916636
AuthorsJi Sun Lee (0000-0003-4589-811X, Handong Global University), Jeong‐kyun Choi (0000-0003-3121-4960, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume12
Issue1
Pages29-37
Publication date2018-01-08
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAsian Social Work and Policy Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1753-1403 • E-ISSN: 1753-1411
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/aswp.12135
OpenAlexW2784254444
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited13

Using a nationally representative sample dataset from the 2016 Korean Welfare Panel Study, we examined the anti‐poverty effects of income transfers in people with disabilities. Our findings indicate that in households with a person with a disability, income transfers decreased by 55.9% and 84.8% of the pre‐transfer poverty rate and poverty gap, respectively. Before income transfers, households with a person with a disability were 1.94 times more likely to be poor compared to those without a person with a disability. When income transfers were offered, the chance of being poor in the disability group was only 1.11 times higher than that in the non‐disability group. Findings from the aggregated data suggest that means‐tested income transfers were more effective in reducing poverty levels than social insurance or private income transfers. At the individual level, the provision of means‐tested programs was also more likely to decrease the likelihood of experiencing poverty than social insurance and private income transfers

Demographic economics · Disability benefits · Economic growth · Economics · Poverty · Poverty reduction · Sample (material · Social insurance · Social security · Welfare · Disability Education and Employment · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Retirement, Disability, and Employment

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