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The effect of child benefit on female labor supply

Magda, Iga; Kiełczewska, Aneta; Brandt, Nicola - In: IZA journal of labor policy 10 (2020) 1/17, pp. 1-18

In 2016, the Polish government introduced a large child benefit, called "Family 500+", with the aim to increase fertility and reduce child poverty. It is universal for the second and every further child and means-tested for the first child. We study the impact of the new benefit on female labor...

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Universal, targeted or both : effects of different child support policies on labour supply and poverty : a simulation study

Bruckmeier, Kerstin; D'Andria, Diego; Wiemers, Jürgen - 2022

augmented with endogenous labour supply and take-up choices (IAB-MSM). We distinguish between a reform of the universal non …-means-tested child benefit, a reform of the mean-tested child benefit under the minimum income scheme, and a combination of both. Since …Wir untersuchen hypothetische Reformen der wichtigsten Transferleistungen für Kinder in Deutschland: eine Reform des …

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Non-take-up of in-work benefits : determinants, benefit erosion and indexing

Muñoz-Higueras, Diego; Köppe, Stephan; Granell, Rafael; … - In: Journal for labour market research 58 (2024) 1, pp. 1-19

Non-take-up of welfare schemes is a key concern of policy effectiveness. Building on studies that have shown the low take-up of minimum income schemes, our case study of Ireland's Working Family Payment is the first to analyse non-take-up of an in-work benefit and its determinants with a special...

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Politische Ursachen für Rentenprobleme und Altersarmut erfordern grundlegende Reformen

Niemeier, Ernst - In: Wirtschaftsdienst : Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik 100 (2020) 8, pp. 597-599

Die Große Koalition stellt mit der Grundrente vor allem langjährige Beitragszahler besser. Allerdings bekämpft die Grundrente lediglich ein Symptom, statt sich den Ursachen zu widmen: der Politik niedriger Löhne und falscher politischer Maßnahmen. Niedrige Löhne führen zu niedrigen...

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Effects of work requirements for food assistance eligibility on disability claiming

Stith, Sarah S. - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 11 (2022) 1, pp. 1-31

Between 2010 and 2017, 42 U.S. states added work requirements as a food assistance eligibility criterion for Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents (ABAWDs). Another U.S. public assistance program, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), provides food assistance without a work requirement, along with...

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Tax policy reform and universal basic income effectiveness in a currency union : implications for long-term growth, inequality, and welfare

Kame Babilla, Thierry U. - In: Journal of government and economics : JGE 10 (2023), pp. 1-15

This paper aims to assess tax policy reforms that can sustain universal basic income programs and foster long-term growth and welfare in a currency union that faces fiscal rule constraints and inequality. To address this ongoing government and economics' debate, we developed a Dynamic Stochastic...

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Does conditional cash transfer deliver? : the Indonesian evidence on PKH

Hudang, Adrianus Kabubu; Hariyanto, Tri; Rossanto Dwi … - In: Verslas : teorija ir praktika : Vilniaus Gedimino … 25 (2024) 2, pp. 447-457

Social protection programs aim to secure individuals' incomes from socioeconomic shocks and provide access to social services for developing human capital and alleviating poverty. In Indonesia, the Family Hope Program (PKH - Program Keluarga Harapan) is a social protection program that focuses...

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Moving towards fairer regional minimum income schemes in Spain

Hernández, Adrian; Picos, Fidel; Riscado, Sara - 2020

Minimum income schemes are set to provide citizens with a minimum living standard. In Spain, these schemes consist of a heterogeneous and complex collection of regional benefits designed and implemented by the Autonomous Communities. This generates important regional discrepancies among the...

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Income support to families with children in Spain

Hernández, Adrian; Picos, Fidel - 2021

Families with children receive support from the tax-benefit system to a different extent across countries. In Spain, child poverty remains high as compared to other EU countries, possibly pointing to a weaker role of the public sector in providing income support to families with children. In...

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Technology, identification, and access to social programs : experimental evidence from Panama

Reyes, Angela; Roseth, Benjamin; Cossío, Diego … - 2021

Access to identification cards (IDs) is often required to claim government benefits. However, it is unclear which policies to increase ID ownership are more effective. We experimentally analyze the effect of two policy interventions to induce the timely renewal of identification cards on access...

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