, savings, and the labor supplies of all adult household members. We show that the optimal policy mix is dominated by moderately … generous social assistance, which guarantees a permanent universal minimum household income, with only a minor role for …

social programs, savings and the labor supplies of all adult household members. The optimal policy mix focuses mainly on … Social Assistance, which provides a permanent universal household income oor, with a minor role for temporary earnings …-related Unemployment Insurance. Reecting that married couples obtain intra-household insurance by making labor supply choices for both …

be regarded as "fair" we compare the equivalent incomes of eight different household types. Using the concepts of system … in the high income brackets tend to be privileged. The equity in the treatment of a household type is not only affected … by the amount but also by the distribution of income between the household members. Based on these results we can state a …

. Randomization in the payment dates and daily scanner data allow us to identify the effects of these transfers on household spending …

by age, education, wealth, sex and household composition. In aggregate, social assistance dominates unemployment …