Replication data for: Does Elite Capture Matter? Local Elites and Targeted Welfare Programs in Indonesia

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Vivi Alatas; Abhijit Banerjee; Rema Hanna; Benjamin A. Olken; Ririn Purnamasari; Matthew Wai-Poi

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Alatas, Vivi, Banerjee, Abhijit, Hanna, Rema, Olken, Benjamin A., Purnamasari, Ririn, and Wai-Poi, Matthew. Replication data for: Does Elite Capture Matter? Local Elites and Targeted Welfare Programs in Indonesia. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2019. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-12-07. https://doi.org/10.3886/E116471V1

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Summary:  View help for Summary This paper investigates how elite capture affects the welfare gains from targeted government transfer programs in Indonesia, using both a high-stakes field experiment that varied the extent of elite influence and nonexperimental data on a variety of existing government programs. While the relatives of those holding formal leadership positions are more likely to receive benefits in some programs, we argue that the welfare consequences of elite capture appear small: eliminating elite capture entirely would improve the welfare gains from these programs by less than one percent.

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      D72 Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
      H53 National Government Expenditures and Welfare Programs
      I38 Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
      O15 Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
      O17 Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements


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