Examining the Impact of Fiscal Resources on Anti-Poverty Expenditure: Evidence from China

In developing countries, anti-poverty programs are often implemented by local governments. However, due to the limitation of fiscal resources, amount anti-poor expenditure government is generally less than what needed for poor. this paper, we investigate whether an increase in resources will lead using county-level Chinese data. Using fixed effect model, show that governments put more into minimum living standard guarantee (MLSG) system if they receive intergovernmental transfers from high-level governments, but only exists urban areas. Moreover, off-budget revenue does not affect expenditure, both rural and