US EditionCasen 2024: the Hasty Diagnosis of Poverty and Subsidies
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DIRECTOR: In the last few weeks there has been a discussion about whether or not Chile is in crisis and, if it is, what its depth would be. A good response was given by the recently published Casen survey, which says that one in four children and adolescents under 18 years of age lives in poverty environments. It seems that many of this did not scandalize them, despite the seriousness that it implies for 25% of our childhood and for the future o…
The reactions to the results of the Casen 2024 have strongly installed a concern: poverty would have declined “through subsidies”, and not as a result of the increase in the income of work. Under this reading, the reduction would be fragile and fiscally unsustainable. It is a payable argument—nobody discusses the importance of employment and wages—but that reading is leaving out the most profound change revealed by the data.
According to the results of the Casen 2024 Survey, 600,000 people came out of poverty. Thousands of families that decreased the emergency and immediate anguish, thanks to a system of subsidies that represents 69% of the income of the most vulnerable decile. It is an undeniable advance in the short term for these families, but the challenge is that this relief becomes an autonomous life project. The subsidy is a necessary basis. But relevant job …
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