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This paper analyses the impact of the implementation of a child tax credit in Austria in 2019, not only on micro, but also on macro level by using a dynamic scoring methodology. First, we assess the fiscal and distributional impact of this reform using the microsimulation model EUROMOD. Second,...
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Supporting working mothers to balance their work and childcare responsibilities is a central objective of maternal and parental leave policies. Nearly all countries offer some forms of maternity and family leave programs for childbearing on a national basis. This chapter reviews various types of...
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judgements implicit in tax and transfer policy provides a fresh perspective on the evolution of income inequality and …
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The word “scapegoat” is defined as “a person made to bear the blame for others,” and similarly, “scapegoatism” refers to “the act or practice of assigning blame or failure to another, as to deflect attention or responsibility away from oneself” (Collins English Dictionary and...
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the self-employed, who generally face a higher likelihood of income losses due to COVID-19 than employees, women are 35 …% more likely to experience income losses than their male counterparts. Conversely, we do not find a comparable gender gap …
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outcomes as well as in other middle-income countries in southern Africa. …
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This paper examines the optimal direction of marginal income tax reform in the context of New Zealand, which recently … reduced its top marginal income tax rate to one of the lowest in the OECD. A behavioural microsimulation model is used, in … which social welfare functions are defined in terms of either money metric utility or net income. The model allows for …
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The examination of the causal impact of health insurance coverage on healthcare utilisation is a critical endeavour in both academic research and policy formulation. However, this endeavour faces challenges, notably the endogenous selection into coverage and prevalent misreporting of coverage...
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This study examines the causal effects of welfare benefits on internal migration decisions. Using a quasi-experimental migration reform across 283 Chinese cities from 2002 to 2015, combined with a difference-in-differences setup, I show that improved welfare benefits substantially increase...
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programs have been on the rise in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) in the last three decades. However, the introduction …
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