Are there benefits in trying to measure Public Assistance effect at the country-level economy? Literature suggest two main approaches, Wood (1994) ; Blizzard (1995) ; Wood (1999) claims that an economic approach which represent each change as a result of macro economic status is the one with the upper hand. Chrisman (1995) ; Chrisman and Mcmullan (1996) ; Chrisman and Mcmullan (2002) represent an