Změny finančních nástrojů rodinné politiky v letech 20062015 a jejich potenciál měnit natalitní chování

Changes in the Financial Instruments of Family Policy in 2006-2015 and their Potential to Change Fertility Behaviour

Sylva Höhne and Věra Kuchařová

Politická ekonomie, 2016, vol. 2016, issue 7, 867-890

Abstract: The aim of this paper is to contribute to the discussion about the influence of family policy on family behaviour. The paper analyses the impact of parametric and system changes introduced in family and social benefits and tax reliefs in 2006-2015 on the income level of families with different demographic characteristics, and evaluates the potential of those changes to influence reproductive and partnership behaviour. The analytical part takes selected instruments of financial support to the family and shows the size of the financial provision families can claim depending on their previous earned income, to what extent that income is being compensated (family benefits), and how the net income is influenced (tax reliefs). Effects of the studied changes vary for different income categories and are more pronounced in the case of low-income families. This differentiation corresponds to the fertility by mother's education, which is tightly linked to the family's income. The analysis has shown that certain instruments have the potential to influence family behaviour, however in diverse ways.

Keywords: family policy; fertility; social benefits; tax credits; average wage; parental allowance; maternity benefit; birth grant (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D69 J13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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