The Kids are Alright? An Analysis of Child Benefit using Irish Data

David Madden ()

Working Papers from College Dublin, Department of Political Economy-

Abstract: Child benefit is a universal payment to all households with children in Ireland. Unlike other transfers however it is paid to the mother. This paper analyses expenditure patterns out of this transfer payment and compares them to expenditure patterns from other sources of income using Irish Household Budget Survey. This throws light on within household resource allocation and also on the extent to which households treat different sources on income differently.

Keywords: CHILDREN; IRELAND; HOUSEHOLD (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D12 J13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 34 pages
Date: 1999
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