Measuring the size and impact of public cash support for children in cross-national perspective

Francesco Figari (), Alari Paulus and Holly Sutherland

No 24, Working Papers from "Carlo F. Dondena" Centre for Research on Social Dynamics (DONDENA), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi

Abstract: We suggest a new comprehensive measure of support given through tax-benefit systems to families with children. Using microsimulation techniques, this accounts for all provisions contingent on the presence of children, while usually only gross child/family benefits are considered. We use EUROMOD, the European Union tax-benefit microsimulation model, to quantify the support for children and analyse its impact on household incomes and child poverty for 19 countries. We find that the conventional approach underestimates on average the total amount of support for children by about one fifth. Furthermore, the differences between the two measures vary considerably across countries and are, therefore, critical for cross-national comparisons.

Keywords: children; taxes and cash benefits; child poverty; European Union; microsimulation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C81 D31 H23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 19 pages
Date: 2009-12
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