Child Support: Interaction Between Private and Public Transfers

The objective of this research was to investigate disincentive and crowding-out effect food aid program (public transfer) in household level. Beside the humanitarian roles, there are widespread sceptisms of food assistance regarding its possible influence on disincentive to work and on crowding out of private transfer (inter-household or intergeneration transfer). Based on Indonesia Family Life Survey data and using instrumental variables approach, this paper estimates disincentive effect and crowding out effect “Rice Program for Poor Families” (Raskin) on intergenerational food transfer (child to parents transfer). This research observe significant negative impact on total household income. The decline in income mostly happened through a reduction in head household worker. The paper also find indication of crowding out relation between private and public transfers. It suggests that the Indonesian government should have designed its public transfer scheme carefully in order to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of its social safety net programs.

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Private and public transfers: substitute or complement?

Population and Economics ◽

10.3897/popecon.5.e60293 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 1-15

Author(s):

Anna A. Mironova ◽

Lydia A. Shenshina

Keyword(s):

Logistic Regression ◽

Public Transfers ◽

Private And Public ◽

Monitoring Survey ◽

Social Transfers ◽

Crowd Out ◽

To Receive ◽

The Relationship ◽

Private Transfers

The paper analyzes the relationship between private and public social transfers in Russia. The research relies on the data from the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (RLMS-HSE) carried out by the Higher School of Economics in 1994–2018. The household is the unit of the analysis, the method of logistic regression is applied. The study has shown that when a household receives public social transfers, it is less likely to receive private transfers. So, the findings appear to bear out the hypothesis that public transfers crowd out private transfers in Russia.

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Creativity and Parental Involvement in Early Childhood Education in the Reggio Emilia Approach and Philosophy

Edukacja Elementarna w Teorii i Praktyce ◽

10.35765/eetp.2021.1661.07 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 16 (3(61)) ◽

pp. 103-112

Author(s):

Maciej Kołodziejski ◽

Tomas Butvilas

Keyword(s):

Psychosocial Development ◽

Child Support ◽

Learning Experience ◽

Preschool Education ◽

Reggio Emilia ◽

Educational Institutions ◽

Educational Method ◽

Private And Public ◽

Teachers And Parents

In the article the authors discuss the importance of parental creativity and involvement in early institutional education of a child on the example of Reggio Emilia educational method. Among the main aspects of this involvement are the quality of education, child support, cooperation between teachers and parents as well as a positive feedback. The authors of this paper also deal with one of the main aspects of early education—creativity and its importance for a child’s psychosocial development. The preschool curriculum has been designed for children of the preschool educational institutions to provide them with a rich learning experience and to help them to develop properly. Creative education starts at an early age, therefore kindergartens and families play a very important role in supporting and developing creativity in child’s everyday routine. It is stressed that being creative is primarily about taking initiatives and innovative behavior. These are the qualities required in contemporary society, especially by employers in private and public sectors. However, the process of involving parents in their child’s education starts at the preschool stage and plays the most important role in child’s socialization. It is also emphasized that if children feel the support of both educational subjects (teacher and parents) in the process of preschool education, they feel safer, more comfortable, and much more confident.

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Complementarity between private and public transfers

The Myth of Generational Conflict ◽

10.4324/9780203020784-9 ◽

2002 ◽

pp. 59-80

Keyword(s):

Public Transfers ◽

Private And Public

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The relative efficiency of private and public transfers

Public Choice ◽

10.1007/bf00163529 ◽

1986 ◽

Vol 49 (1) ◽

pp. 29-45 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Joseph J. Cordes ◽

Robert S. Goldfarb ◽

Harry S. Watson

Keyword(s):

Relative Efficiency ◽

Public Transfers ◽

Private And Public

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Paying to Avoid Recession: Using Reenlistment to Estimate the Cost of Unemployment

American Economic Journal Applied Economics ◽

10.1257/app.20160257 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 10 (3) ◽

pp. 101-127

Author(s):

Mark Borgschulte ◽

Paco Martorell

Keyword(s):

Unemployment Rate ◽

Job Search ◽

Revealed Preference ◽

Percentage Point Increase ◽

Earnings Losses ◽

Public Transfers ◽

Point Increase ◽

Private And Public ◽

State Unemployment ◽

The Military

This paper provides revealed preference estimates of the monetary value to workers of a lower unemployment rate at the time of job separation. By examining the decision between reenlisting and exiting the military, we find that service members would sacrifice 1.5–2 percent in earnings to avoid a 1 percentage point increase in the home-state unemployment rate during job search. Comparing these quantities to realized earnings losses for those who separate suggests that the value of nonwork time and other factors (e.g., private and public transfers) offset less than one-third of the earnings losses caused by exiting the military into a weak labor market. (JEL E24, E32, J31, J45, J64)

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Policy Watch: Child Support Policies

The Journal of Economic Perspectives ◽

10.1257/jep.7.1.171 ◽

1993 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

pp. 171-182 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Robert I Lerman

Keyword(s):

Child Support ◽

Noncustodial Parents ◽

Economic Context ◽

Assurance System ◽

Public Transfers ◽

Custodial Parent ◽

The Difference ◽

The Government ◽

Equity Effects ◽

Enforcement Policies

With more parents living apart, the societal problem of parents who fail to share with each other or with their children becomes more acute. Although governments have mainly relied on public transfers to address the resulting economic hardships among children, the emphasis has been shifting toward mandatory sharing through the rigorous enforcement of child support laws. This paper first describes the economic context for child support; the expanding federal role in regulating awards and collections; the complex array of incentive and equity effects associated with child support; the record of obtaining support payments from noncustodial parents; and the effects of new award-setting and enforcement policies. Finally, it considers the child support assurance system (CSAS) approach, recently proposed in Congress. Under this plan, the government would make up the difference between some minimum assured payment and the child support actually paid by the non-custodial parent.

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