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To examine how manipulation of social welfare targeting systems develops over time in response to political election cycles and algorithmic transparency.

April 27, 2011American Economic Journal Economic PolicyOpen Access

Manipulation of Social Program Eligibility

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To examine how manipulation of social welfare targeting systems develops over time in response to political election cycles and algorithmic transparency.
Tracked the timing of household welfare eligibility interviews relative to local mayoral election dates.
Analyzed score density distributions around the social program eligibility cutoff before and after disclosing the scoring algorithm to local municipal officials.
Local politicians exhibited strategic timing behavior by altering household interview schedules in coordination with local elections.
A sharp discontinuity in the score density emerged exactly at the eligibility threshold following the release of the scoring algorithm to local officials.
The magnitude of the threshold discontinuity was substantially larger in jurisdictions with higher mayoral election competitiveness.

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Empirical analysis uncovers manipulation of welfare eligibility thresholds among local officials, highlighting how information and political incentives drive corruption.

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Camacho et al. (2011) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a0b3d57db419d24cd5d0014 https://doi.org/10.1257/pol.3.2.41

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Empirical analysis uncovers manipulation of welfare eligibility thresholds among local officials, highlighting how information and political incentives drive corruption.

Manipulation of Social Program Eligibility

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