The French System of Direct and Indirect Family Transfers and the Principles of Justice

Ai-Thu Dang () and Jean-Marie Monnier ()
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Ai-Thu Dang: MATISSE - UMR 8595 - Modélisation Appliquée, Trajectoires Institutionnelles et Stratégies Socio-Économiques - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Jean-Marie Monnier: MATISSE - UMR 8595 - Modélisation Appliquée, Trajectoires Institutionnelles et Stratégies Socio-Économiques - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: This paper uses the theoretical framework proposed by the "post-welfarist" authors in order to highlight the principles of justice that underlie implicitly or explicitly the family benefits and direct income tax systems in France. Three principles are identified : the principle of the ability to contribute, the principle of compensation, and the principle of solidarity or guaranteed minimum resources. This approach is useful, in particular, to stress how socio-demographic and earned-income characteristics are taken into account in the French system of direct and indirect family transfers and the role of individual responsability in the minimum income schemes.

Keywords: “Post-welfarist” theories of justice; French system of direct and indirect family transfers; Principle of the ability to contribute; Principle of compensation; Principle of solidarity or guaranteed minimum resources; Théories “ post-welfaristes ” de la justice; système français de transferts familiaux directs et indirects; principe des capacité contributives; principe de compensation; principe de solidarité ou de garantie d'un minimum de ressources (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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Published in Journal of Economic Issues, 2004, 38 (3), pp.683-713

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