Microsimulation of Child Benefits: A Review of Studies

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 134-169
Author(s):  
Ivica Urban ◽  
Martina Pezer
Keyword(s):  
Child Benefits

Child benefits

1991 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 5-5
Author(s):  
Julie Wells
Keyword(s):  
Child Benefits

scholarly journals Do Child Tax Benefits Affect the Well-being of Children? Evidence from Canadian Child Benefit Expansions

2011 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 175-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin Milligan ◽  
Mark Stabile
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Test Scores ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Family Type ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Child Benefits ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Child Benefit

We exploit changes in child benefits in Canada to study the impact of family income on child and family well-being. Using variation in child benefits across province, time, and family type, we study outcomes spanning test scores, mental health, physical health, and deprivation measures. The findings suggest that child benefit programs had significant positive effects on test scores, maternal health, and mental health, among other measures. We find strong and interesting differences in the effects of benefits by child sex: benefits have stronger effects on educational outcomes and physical health for boys, and on mental health outcomes for girls. (JEL I12, I31, I38, J13)

Cut Child Benefits to Cut Taxes

1985 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 17-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Beenstock
Keyword(s):  
Child Benefits

scholarly journals The Great Wake-Up Call? Social Citizenship and Minimum Income Provisions in Europe in Times of Crisis

2014 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 247-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
SARAH MARCHAL ◽  
IVE MARX ◽  
NATASCHA VAN MECHELEN
Keyword(s):  
Structural Change ◽  
Additional Benefit ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Social Citizenship ◽  
Safety Nets ◽  
Minimum Income ◽  
Child Benefits ◽  
Relative Neglect ◽  
Social Safety Nets

AbstractWhen the 2008 crisis hit, social safety nets in Europe were not in the best of shape. This article examines what, if anything, governments did to adjust minimum income protection after two decades of relative neglect. In view of the hardship brought on by the crisis, this question is of importance in itself. In addition, there is a long-standing interest in the role crises play in re-shaping policies, possibly in a radical way. Building on purpose-collected data for twenty-four European countries, this article shows that many countries introduced supportive measures during the first years of the crisis, particularly in the form of additional benefit increases and more generous child benefits. Behavioural requirements imposed on minimum income recipients were not relaxed but in some countries activation efforts were intensified. Although the evidence shows that the crisis did trigger a response, there is little evidence for a structural change of course towards more adequate safety nets.

scholarly journals Fertility Effects of Child Benefits

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Regina T. Riphahn ◽  
Frederik Wiynck
Keyword(s):  
Child Benefits

scholarly journals Family policies’ long-term effects on poverty: a comparative analysis of single and partnered mothers

2022 ◽  
pp. 095892872110356
Author(s):  
Hannah Zagel ◽  
Wim Van Lancker
Keyword(s):  
Life Course ◽  
Single Mothers ◽  
Transition To Parenthood ◽  
Family Policy ◽  
Parental Leave ◽  
The Other ◽  
Family Policies ◽  
Child Benefits ◽  
The Life Course ◽  
Over Time

This study investigates whether generous family policies at the transition to parenthood reduce single and partnered mothers’ economic disadvantages later in the life course. Previous research usually focused on the immediate effects of family policies and disregards potential longer-term effects. In this study, we suggest taking a life-course perspective to study the relationships between family policy and mothers’ poverty risks. We empirically investigate how investment in child benefits, childcare services and parental leave measures at the transition to parenthood are associated with poverty outcomes at later life stages and whether these associations hold over time. We draw on pooled EU-SILC data, and an original policy dataset based on OECD expenditure data for child benefits, childcare and parental leave from 1994 to 2015. We find that mothers’ observed increase in poverty over time is slower in countries with high levels of spending for childcare at the transition to parenthood than in lower spending countries. The gap between partnered and single mothers was also diminishing in contexts of high childcare expenditure. For the other two policies, we did not find these links. These results do lend support to the claim that childcare is a prime example of a social investment policy with returns later in the life course and represents a life-course policy that seems to be able to disrupt economic path dependencies. The results for the other two policies suggest, however, a limited potential of family policy spending at transition to parenthood to reduce the poverty gap between partnered and single mothers over the course of life.

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