" familial ties (e.g. a nuclear family household) achieve near Pareto efficient allocation of productive resources and Pareto … efficient allocation of consumption while households with "weaker" familial ties (e.g. an extended family household) do not. We …

in matters of family policy has implied that programmes of public assistance to poor families with children are often … meagre or not available at all. The paper examines the effect of family transfers (used broadly to include contributory … family allowances, non-contributory child benefits and tax credits or allowances) on child poverty in Greece, Italy, Spain …