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Fighting Lone Mothers' Poverty Through In-Work Benefits - Methodological Issues and Policy Suggestions

Pronzato, Chiara - 2021

(2012) find a positive effect of the reform on lone mothers’ labour supply and a small reduction in poverty. Is the best … result that policy makers could obtain in terms of poverty reduction? In this paper, I estimate a discrete choice model of … have minimized poverty among lone mothers …

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Low-income families, maternal labor supply, and welfare reform

Garstenauer, Viola; Siassi, Nawid - 2024

In this paper, we examine reforms that alleviate large employment disincentives induced by child-related transfers for married mothers. We develop a life-cycle model where married couples face labor market, child care and fertility risk, and make joint labor supply and consumption-saving...

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Political economy of redistribution between traditional and modern families

Meier, Volker; Rablen, Matthew D. - 2019

We analyse a model in which families may either be “traditional” single-earner with caring for the child at home or “modern” double-earner households using market child care. Family policies may favour either the one or the other group, like market care subsidies vs. cash for care....

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Political economy of redistribution between traditional and modern families

Meier, Volker; Rablen, Matthew D. - 2019

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Tax-Benefits Reforms and the Labor Market : Evidence from Belgium and Other EU Countries

Orsini, Kristian - 2007

During the last decade, several EU countries have tried to tackle unemployment and low activity rates through extensive tax cuts. In an effort to encourage the taking up of work - especially amongst the less productive workers - policymakers have shown increasing interest in targeted tax and...

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Universal, targeted or both : effects of different child support policies on labour supply and poverty : a simulation study

Bruckmeier, Kerstin; D'Andria, Diego; Wiemers, Jürgen - 2022

Einkommensverteilung, relative Armut und das Arbeitsangebot von Eltern. Da die Reformen mit unterschiedlichen fiskalischen Kosten verbunden … income tax or a consumption tax. The model simulates the impacts of the reforms on household income, poverty and labour … supply. We find that improvements in the means-tested child benefit are well-targeted: They provide a high level of poverty …

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Employment Effects of the Earned Income Tax Credit : Taking the Long View

Schanzenbach, Diane; Strain, Michael R. - 2021

The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is the cornerstone U.S. anti-poverty program, typically lifting over 5 million … children out of poverty each year. Targeted to low-income households with children, and only available to those who work, the …

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Can parents afford to work? : Childcare costs, tax-benefit policies and work incentives

Immervoll, Herwig (contributor); Barber, David (contributor) - 2006

Childcare policies play a crucial role in helping parents reconcile care and employment-related tasks. This paper quantifies the net cost of purchasing full-time centre-based childcare in OECD countries taking into account a wide range of influences on household budgets, including fees charged...

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Can Parents Afford to Work? : Childcare Costs, Tax-Benefit Policies and Work Incentives

Immervoll, Herwig - 2005

Finding a suitable balance of work and family life is not an easy task for parents who face multiple, and potentially conflicting, demands. Childcare policies play a crucial role in helping parents reconcile care and employment-related tasks. But inconsistent or poorly implemented policies can...

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Modes of child care

Glomm, Gerhard; Meier, Volker - 2016

We model choices between caring for an infant at home or through some market provision of child care. Maternal labor supply necessitates child care purchased in the market. Households are distinguished along three dimensions: (i) Exogenous income, (ii) the wage rate of the primary care giver and...

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