Eligibility and benefits for anti-poverty income transfers in the U.S. are based on both the means and the household … arrangement, and marital status. We find that the U.S. anti-poverty policy distorts the cohabitation/marriage decision of single … current design of anti-poverty income programs, and that the introduction of an EITC deduction on the earnings of secondary …

the Belgian component of the Household Finance and Consumption Survey. We find that the fraction of hand … observable characteristics and marginal propensities to consume (MPCs) of the three household types We find that Belgian wealthy …

Household Panel which I complement with geographic and socio-economic data. I show that low- and middle-income households …