Die Autoren untersuchen anhand unterschiedlicher Modelle die steuerlichen Maßnahmen, um den Bedürfnissen kinderreicher Familien gerecht zu werden. Unter bestimmten Voraussetzungen könnte sich die Steuerbelastung an der Familiengröße orientieren und kindbedingte Erfordernisse...

The effects and optimal choice of policy instruments affecting the family (child benefits, taxes on child-specific commodities, etc.) are examined within the context of a household economics model with fertility choice. The simultaneous consideration of child benefits and commodity taxes in the...

The effects and optimal choice of policy instruments affecting the family (child benefits, taxes on child-specific commodities, etc.) are examined within the context of a household economics model with fertility choice. The simultaneous consideration of child benefits and commodity taxes in the...

The paper studies non-linear income taxation and linear commodity taxation in a household production context with households differentiated by market and non-market ability. In such a setting, there is an efficiency motive for re-distribution which is independent from the usual equity motive,...