The impact of pensions, transfers and taxes on child poverty in Europe: the role of size, pro-poorness and child orientation
| Autor: | Ron Diris, Gerlinde Verbist, Frank Vandenbroucke |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Macro, International & Labour Economics, RS: GSBE DUHR |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
Cash transfers
Labour economics Sociology and Political Science UNIT-ROOT TESTS Economics poverty H53=Government Expenditures and Welfare Programs media_common.quotation_subject redistribution social policy POLITICAL-ECONOMY Sociology 0502 economics and business 050602 political science & public administration Child poverty 050207 economics PERSPECTIVE WELFARE health care economics and organizations media_common Pension Poverty Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs 05 social sciences MONEY Welfare state Redistribution (cultural anthropology) 0506 political science DEMOCRACIES Europe I38=Government Policy STATES Household income I32=Measurement and Analysis of Poverty INEQUALITY Law General Economics Econometrics and Finance Welfare human activities welfare state PANEL-DATA |
| Zdroj: | Socio-Economic Review, 15(4), 745-775. Oxford University Press Socio-Economic Review Socio-economic review |
| ISSN: | 1475-1461 |
| Popis: | We assess the impact of redistributive policy on child poverty across 29 European welfare states, using EU SILC 2005-2012. We distinguish between spending on pensions, spending on other cash transfers and taxation. For each of these instruments of redistribution, we further distinguish three features: size, pro-poorness and targeting towards households with children. Pensions are generally neglected in analyses on child poverty, but are relevant through the presence of two, partially offsetting, forces. Increased pension spending weakens the relative income position of children, but pensions also substantially contribute to the household income of children from multigenerational households. This ambiguous result signals a challenge: while reductions in pension spending may be desirable in the long run in several European welfare states, policymakers-especially in Southern and Eastern Europe-should be aware that this not only directly involves income losses for the elderly, but also for a non-negligible share of (predominantly poor) children. |
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