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Welfare reform in the UK : 1997 - 2007
Brewer, Mike (contributor) - 2008
comparing their efficacy. -- -- Welfare reform ; Tax credits …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003736738
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The effects of large universal child benefits on female labour supply
Magda, Iga; Kiełczewska, Aneta; Brandt, Nicola - 2018
In 2016 the Polish government introduced a large new child benefit, called "Family 500+", with the aim to increase fertility from a low level and reduce child poverty. The benefit is universal for the second and every further child and means-tested for the first child. Increasing out-of-work...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011881213
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012391199
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What Mean Impacts Miss : Distributional Effects of Welfare Reform Experiments
Bitler, Marianne; Gelbach, Jonah B.; Hoynes, Hilary W. - 2021
, and income. Yet most welfare reform research focuses on mean impacts. We investigate the importance of heterogeneity using … impacts. We conclude that welfare reform's effects are likely both more varied and more extensive than has been recognized …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318314
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What mean impacts miss : distributional effects of welfare reform experiments
Bitler, Marianne (contributor);  … - 2005
, and income. Yet most welfare reform research focuses on mean impacts. We investigate the importance of heterogeneity using … impacts. We conclude that welfare reform's effects are likely both more varied and more extensive than has been recognized …. -- treatment effect heterogeneity ; welfare reform ; distributional effects …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003085742
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How do income-support systems in the UK affect labour force participation?
Brewer, Mike - 2009
This paper reviews how income-support systems affect labour force participation in the UK. The UK's approach to social insurance is "basic security", with modest, typically flat-rate, benefits; insurance-based benefits are relatively unimportant. Compared with the EU, the UK has high employment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003912101
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The effects of a hybrid negative income tax on poverty and inequality : a microsimulation on the UK and Italy
Tromp, Alexander - 2017
This paper aims to propose a social protection system that "decommodifies" labour and fulfills the properties of a Social Protection Floor satisfying revenue-neutrality. To this end, firstly, a Universal Basic Income (UBI) scheme is explored. Secondly, the UBI is transformed into a Negative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011751668
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Tax and benefit reforms to support employment and inclusiveness and address poverty in Italy
Bulman, Tim; Pacifico, Daniele; Pisu, Mauro; … - 2019
This paper assesses Italy’s 2019 tax and benefit reforms, analyses hypothetical reforms and proposes a reform package … revenues and increase inequality, by reducing the progressivity of the personal tax system. A proposed reform package that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012202861
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The "family 500+" child allowance and female labour supply in Poland
Magda, Iga; Kiełczewska, Aneta; Brandt, Nicola - 2018
In 2016 the Polish government introduced a large new child benefit, called “Family 500+”, with the aim to increase fertility from a low level and reduce child poverty. The benefit is universal for the second and every further child and means-tested for the first child. Increasing out-of-work...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011914242
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Social Support Substitution and the Earnings Rebound : Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity in Disability Insurance Reform
Borghans, Lex - 2012
In this paper, we exploit a cohort discontinuity in the stringency of the 1993 Dutch disability reforms to obtain causal estimates of the effects of decreased generosity of disability insurance (DI) on behavior of existing DI recipients. We find evidence of substantial “social support...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013115369