Approaches to reforming services privileges in Ukraine

This report presents the main results of the research conducted within the project “Preparation of the strategy for social benefits monetization in Ukraine”. Preparation of the strategy for social benefits monetization is a multi-aspect task. This study approaches it from the households’ perspective. More specifically, it focuses on the issue of benefit targeting and explores redistributive impacts of hypothetical reform scenarios. Changes of household and individual privileges or subsidies in receiving housing/utility, transportation and sanatorium services are simulated and their impact on inequality and poverty is investigated.