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M. Ali Mokhtari

@alimok.bsky.social

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Applied Economics with a focus on Child Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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M. Ali Mokhtari @alimok.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

The recorded webinar “Social Protection as an Enabler of Climate Action and a Just Transition in MENA” is now available in English and Arabic! Presented Iran’s large-scale shift from fossil fuel subsidies to universal cash transfers. 🌍💚 #SocialProtection #ClimateAction #MENA

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M. Ali Mokhtari @alimok.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

I’m pleased to share that I’ve been invited by the ILO Social Protection unit for Arab States to speak as a panelist in the tenth session of the Arab Social Protection Compass webinar series, organized by the International Labour Organization

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 10/10/2025

New study of Iran's almost-UBI shows that replacing fossil fuel subsidies with a universal and unconditional cash transfer reduces consumption inequality by 8% per $30/mo per person. Study by @alimok.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Recent estimates suggest that eliminating fossil fuel subsidies could prevent 1.6 million premature deaths annually by reducing air pollution, while also addressing the unequal distribution of resources. How unequal are the benefits of these subsidies? Using Iranian household expenditure data (1984–2019) covering three major subsidy reforms, this study estimates the inequality-reducing impact of replacing fuel subsidies with direct, universal, and unconditional cash transfers. Our robust estimates show that reallocating USD 1 per capita per day from fuel subsidies to direct cash transfers reduces the Gini coefficient of expenditure by 8 %. These findings underscore the redistributive potential of such reforms and their role in fostering more equitable and sustainable policy design.

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M. Ali Mokhtari @alimok.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

New causal evidence in JEEM: Iran’s move from fuel subsidies to (near) universal cash transfers reduces inequality. Reallocating about $1 per person per day cuts the expenditure Gini by ~8%. Paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.je... #EnvironmentalEconomics @jeem-econ.bsky.social @usiidep.bsky.social @usi.ch

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M. Ali Mokhtari @alimok.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

My new findings on Iran’s 2010 Energy Subsidy to Cash Program show that it uniquely resembles a true Universal Basic Income (UBI) at the national level—even under the strict criteria of Hoynes and Rothstein (2019).

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Efficient Redistribution: Universal Basic Income and Human Capital Investment

<div> <p>The key question in the literature on universal basic income (UBI) programs is whether <span>potential reductions in labor supply can be offset b

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UBI Works @ubiworks.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

MASSIVE new study of Iran's UBI-like monthly cash program: - Adult work didn't go down - CHILD LABOUR went down to focus on school - Drug use didn't go up

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