TY - CHAP
T1 - Family Transfers and Child Poverty in Greece, Italy, Spain and Portugal
AU - Matsaganis, Manos
AU - O'Donoghue, Cathal
AU - Levy, Horacio
AU - Coromaldi, Manuela
AU - Mercader-Prats, Magda
AU - Rodrigues, Carlos Farinha
AU - Toso, Stefano
AU - Tsakloglou, Panos
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - The paper examines the effect of family transfers on child poverty in Greece, Italy, Spain and Portugal. Family transfers are defined as to include non-contributory child benefits, contributory family allowances and tax credits or allowances. The drive to reduce child poverty is of particular interest in southern Europe, where public support to poor families with children is often meagre or not available at all. The paper uses the European cross-country microsimulation model, EUROMOD, to assess the distributional impact of existing family transfers and to explore the scope for policy reforms, before it concludes with a discussion of key findings and policy implications.
AB - The paper examines the effect of family transfers on child poverty in Greece, Italy, Spain and Portugal. Family transfers are defined as to include non-contributory child benefits, contributory family allowances and tax credits or allowances. The drive to reduce child poverty is of particular interest in southern Europe, where public support to poor families with children is often meagre or not available at all. The paper uses the European cross-country microsimulation model, EUROMOD, to assess the distributional impact of existing family transfers and to explore the scope for policy reforms, before it concludes with a discussion of key findings and policy implications.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0147-9121(06)25004-0
DO - 10.1016/S0147-9121(06)25004-0
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:33750010424
SN - 0762313471
SN - 9780762313471
T3 - Research in Labor Economics
SP - 101
EP - 124
BT - Micro-Simulation in Action Policy Analysis in Europe Using EUROMOD
A2 - Bargain, Oliver
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