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A comment on "Cumulative Impacts of Conditional Cash Transfer Programs: Experimental Evidence from Indonesia"

Auer, Tobias; Ruedin, Didier - 2026

Cahyadi et al. (2020) examine the cumulative effects of conditional cash transfer programs in Indonesia after 2 and 6 years. They find beneficial effects for several of the indicators targeted by the cash transfer programme. They find a substantial increase in childcare using trained...

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Evaluating policies to improve food affordability, nutrition, and food security in remote communities in Northern Canada

Daley, Angela; Galloway, Tracey; Li, Nicholas; Watson, Barry - 2026

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Multiple program participation in the safety net : incidence, impediments, and implications

Cholli, Neil A.; Wu, Derek - 2026

Multiple program participation is a defining feature of the U.S. safety net, with half of recipients enrolling in two or more programs. Yet most research examines programs in isolation, missing the intensity of safety net attachment. We show implications of a multipleprogram framework on...

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Work requirements in subsidized child care and maternal labor supply

Van Kippersluis, Hans; Zhang, Hongliang - 2026

This paper investigates how tightening work requirements in subsidized child care affects parental employment. Using Dutch administrative data, we examine a 2012 reform that capped subsidized child care hours at 140% of the hours worked by the lesser-working parent. We identify affected...

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Small benefit cuts and earnings responses : evidence from Japan’s public assistance reform

Matsumoto, Kodai - 2026

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Reducing child poverty through cash or care

Thoresen, Thor Olav; Vattø, Trine Engh; Zachrisson, … - 2026

Reducing poverty is a central policy priority in many countries, also in wealthy countries with comprehensive universal support systems, such as the Nordic welfare states. This study examines policy options designed to support families with preschool-aged children and their implications for...

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Enhancing tax-benefit modelling functionality : labour supply responses in UKMOD

Van de Ven, Justin; Richiardi, Matteo; Brooks, Natasha; … - 2026

This paper describes the integration of labour supply behavioural responses into UKMOD, the UK tax-benefit microsimulation model belonging to the EUROMOD family. Traditional static models quantify only the direct ("morning after") fiscal and distributional effects of policy reforms, abstracting...

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Trends in Child Benefit take-up in the UK since 2008

Mitton, Lavinia; Vella, Melchior; Popova, Daria; … - 2026

In April 2013, a significant change to Child Benefit (CB) was introduced in the UK: it switched from a universal benefit to a targeted benefit. The new High Income Child Benefit Charge (HICBC) required families to repay some or all of their Child Benefit via the tax system if either partner's...

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Unclaimed support : changes in the take-up of means-tested benefits in the UK since 2008

Popova, Daria; Vella, Melchior; Mitton, Lavinia; … - 2026

Non-take-up of social benefits occurs when eligible individuals or households fail to claim welfare support to which they are entitled. This paper provides new estimates of take-up for major UK benefits between 2008 and 2023, including Child Benefit, Pension Credit, and Universal Credit together...

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Gender differences in judicial decisions under incomplete information : evidence from child support cases

Asmat, Roberto; Kossuth, Lajos - 2026

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Welfare reform : consequences for the children

Simonsen, Marianne; Skipper, Lars; Smith, Jeffrey A. - 2026

This paper uses register-based data to analyze the consequences of a recent major Danish welfare reform for children's academic performance and well-being. In addition to work requirements, the reform brought about considerable reductions in welfare transfers. We implement a comparative event...

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Welfare reform : consequences for the children

Simonsen, Marianne; Skipper, Lars; Smith, Jeffrey A. - 2025

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Unconditional cash transfers and maternal labor supply : evidence from Bavaria's family allowance

Böhme, Fabian - 2026 - Preliminary Draft

This paper investigates the labor supply effects of unconditional cash transfers aimed at young families, using the Bavarian Family Allowance (Familiengeld ), introduced in 2018. The policy provides € 250-300 monthly to families with children aged 13-36 months regardless of employment status...

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Fertility and welfare under demeny voting

Grechyna, Daryna; Vaithianathan, Rhema - 2026

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Fertility and welfare under demeny voting

Grechyna, Daryna; Vaithianathan, Rhema - 2024

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Spatial heterogeneity in welfare reform success : local labour markets and single mothers' earnings

Broadway, Barbara; Zhu, Anna - 2026

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Targeting of beneficiaries in chemical fertilizer subsidy programs : state of knowledge and evidence gaps

Trachtman, Carly; Hill, Ruth Vargas - 2026

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The impact of removing the cliff effect in child allowance in the Czech Republic

Beran, Vlastimil; Jahoda, Robert; Špeciánová, Jitka; … - 2025

Cliff effects in tax and benefit systems have been the subject of growing scholarly attention for more than three decades. Despite this sustained interest, they continue to persist in the design of many national systems. Empirical studies consistently demonstrate that the presence of cliff...

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Born too soon? : the educational costs of early elective deliveries

González, Libertad; Maitra, Parijat - 2025

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When Policy Shapes Perception : The 2021 Child Tax Credit and Consumer Sentiment

Bastian, Jacob; Harvey, Melody - 2026

Consumer sentiment influences household behavior in important ways, yet we lack causal evidence on whether government policies themselves shape these perceptions. We help fill this gap by studying the expiration of the expanded 2021 Child Tax Credit (CTC), which abruptly reduced household income...

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The impact of child benefit reforms on parental health : new evidence from Canada

Hu, Min; Daley, Angela; Watson, Barry - 2026

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Does the Scottish child payment weaken work incentives?

Nesom, Suzanna; Stewart, Kitty; Tominey, Emma - 2025

The Scottish Child Payment (SCP), introduced in 2021, provides cash transfers for families with children receiving Universal Credit (UC) or related benefits. The eligibility link to UC can create a potential cliff-edge at that threshold of eligibility - the decision to work one more hour can...

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Childcare subsidies, childcare costs and benefit erosion : simulations for Ireland

Doorley, Karina; O'Shea, Richard - 2025

This research estimates by how much the NCS reduces childcare costs for families who use formal childcare in Ireland. The cost 'coverage' of the subsidy, measured by the ratio of the subsidy to the total cost of care, is estimated using the microsimulation model, SWITCH, linked to 2022 data from...

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Inflexibility and the stalled progress of american women in the labor market

Albanesi, Stefania - 2026

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Financial incentives, contraceptive use and abortion behavior

Almlund, Mathilde; Ejrnæs, Mette; Jørgensen, Thomas H. - 2025

We examine whether financial incentives affect fertility and family planning. We use a reform reducing child benefits paid to larger families together with Danish longitudinal register data on the universe of legal abortions and birth control pill purchases to address this question. We find that...

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Mothers' work, reconciliation issues, and fertility desires : evidence from the evaluation of a program to support mothers

Del Boca, Daniela; Favero, Luca; Pronzato, Chiara Daniela - 2026

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The child allowance policy and household consumption behavior in Japan

Li, Huihui; Niki, Minae - 2026

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Welfare as women's independence : how can the women's liberation movement inform our radical visions of women's welfare?

Cann, Lucy - 2025

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Reforms and in-work poverty in the EU

Perugini, Cristiano; Pompei, Fabrizio - 2026

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Effect of rising welfare benefits on the employment income : evidence from single mothers in Japan

Matsumoto, Kodai - 2025

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The intergenerational transmission of poverty and public assistance : evidence from the earned income tax credit

McInnis, Nicardo S.; Michelmore, Katherine; Pilkauskas, … - 2026

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Tax credits and child outcomes : lessons from the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada

Michelmore, Katherine - 2025

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Adjustments to reduced cash transfers : religious safety nets and children's long-term outcomes

Gershoni, Naomi; Gihleb, Rania; Kott, Assaf; Mansour, Hani - 2025

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Adjustments to reduced cash transfers : religious safety nets and children's long-term outcomes

Gershoni, Naomi; Gihleb, Rania; Kott, Assaf; Mansour, Hani - 2025

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Adjustments to reduced cash transfers : religious safety nets and children's long-term outcomes

Gershoni, Naomi; Gihleb, Rania; Kott, Assaf; Mansour, Hani - 2025

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Child material deprivation in the EU : the role of family structure

2025

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Child material deprivation in the EU : the role of family structure

2025

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Export of family benefits : report on the questionnaire on the export of family benefits : reference year 2023

2025

In a cross-border context, it is possible that the entitlement to family benefits arises in more than one Member State. Therefore, the Regulations on the coordination of social security systems lay down priority rules to define the 'primarily competent Member State' which is obliged to provide...

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Child material deprivation in the EU : the role of family structure

2025

Utilising the EU-SILC modules 2009, 2014, and 2021, this note analyses child-specific material deprivation in the EU Member States. Besides the statistics on the most frequently lacked items, the child-specific material deprivation intensity (i.e., the number of lacked items) and the...

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Child material deprivation in the EU : the role of family structure

2025

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How child care subsidies strengthen women's bargaining positions within families

Fuchs, Victor R.; Shefrin, Hersh - 2025

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How could taxing illicit financial flows contribute to financing a universal child benefit in Ghana?

Nichelatti, Enrico; Shahir, Adnan A. - 2025

Trade mis-invoicing represents a significant economic challenge in Ghana, with losses estimated at 3.03 per cent of gross domestic product in 2018. We examine the potential of a universal child benefit in Ghana through a counterfactual taxation of illicit financial flows. Using microsimulation,...

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The effect of child-related benefits on child poverty and deprivation in Ireland

Doorley, Karina; Sándorová, Simona; Maître, Bertrand - 2025

Child poverty is of growing concern in Ireland and internationally due to the growing body of evidence on the detrimental effects of childhood socio-economic disadvantage on children, both in the short term and in the long term through loss of education, earnings and health. In Ireland, child...

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Progressive child allowance as a countermeasure to the declining number of births

Ishida, Ryo; Oguro, Kazumasa; Masaya, Yasuoka - 2025

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Evaluation of the Five Family Payments

2025

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Social spending, child deprivation and family structure : a multilevel study in 31 European countries

Pérez-Corral, Antonio L.; Moreno Mínguez, Almudena - 2025

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Examining the effect of a child tax on fertility in a two-sector model

Kaneko, Akihiko - 2025

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Paying moms to stay home : short and long run effects on parents and children

Gruber, Jonathan; Kosonen, Tuomas; Huttunen, Kristiina - 2025

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Paying Moms to Stay Home : Short and Long Run Effects on Parents and Children

Gruber, Jonathan; Kosonen, Tuomas; Huttunen, Kristiina - 2023

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Paying moms to stay home : short and long run effects on parents and children

Gruber, Jonathan; Huttunen, Kristiina; Kosonen, Tuomas - 2022

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The intergenerational transmission of welfare dependency

Haan, Monique de; Schreiner, Ragnhild C - 2025

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The intergenerational transmission of welfare dependency

Haan, Monique de; Schreiner, Ragnhild C. - 2018

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The intergenerational transmission of welfare dependency

Haan, Monique de; Schreiner, Ragnhild C. - 2018

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Consequences of a welfare benefit reduction for refugee families on children's school absence and crime

Andersen, Christina Munkholm - 2025

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How did the Canada child benefit affect household bargaining?

Manzur, Shirleen; Pendakur, Krishna - 2025

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Child welfare system contact and voting

White, Ariel R.; Grimon, Marie-Pascale; Goldstein, Rebecca - 2025

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Legal reforms, conditional cash transfers, and intimate partner violence : evidence from mexico

Bobonis, Gustavo J.; Castro, Roberto; Morales, Juan S. - 2025

We study the relationship between divorce law reforms codifying intimate partner violence (IPV) as legal grounds for unilateral divorce, the Oportunidades conditional cash transfer program, and the incidence of IPV in Mexico. Using data from three nationally representative surveys in 2003, 2006,...

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Legal reforms, conditional cash transfers, and intimate partner violence : evidence from Mexico

Bobonis, Gustavo J.; Castro, Roberto; Morales, Juan S. - 2020

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An impact evaluation of the effects of income support benefits on aggregate labour supply

Martín-Román, Javier; Martín-Román, Ángel L. - 2025

This paper assesses the impact of the Agrarian Unemployment Benefit (AUB), a regionally targeted income support scheme introduced in Andalucía, Spain, in 1984. At its peak, the program covered more than 10% of the regional labour force, making it one of the most extensive welfare measures of...

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Alleinerziehende entlasten : Freibetrag oder Steuergutschrift? : Stellungnahme für den Finanzausschuss des Schleswig-Holsteinischen Landtags

Beznoska, Martin; Hentze, Tobias - 2025 - Stand: April 2025

Eine steuerliche Besserstellung von Alleinerziehenden streben in ihren Anträgen im schleswig-holsteinischen Landtag sowohl CDU und Grüne als auch FDP an. Gleichzeitig ist dieses Ziel auch im Koalitionsvertrag zwischen Union und SPD auf Bundesebene verankert, wonach eine Anhebung oder...

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Thrive, don't survive : building work-life balance with family support, grit and self-efficacy

Fayaz, Ishret; Gulzar, Farzana - 2025

Purpose - This study investigates how emotional and instrumental family support contribute to work-life balance (WLB) among women in higher education, with a particular focus on the mediating roles of self-efficacy and grit in enhancing this balance. Design/methodology/approach - Utilizing a...

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