TY  - RPRT
        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
        TI  - Child Poverty and Family Transfers in Southern Europe
        PY  - 2005/Mar/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 1509
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp1509
        AB  - The drive to reduce child poverty is of particular interest in southern Europe, where the subsidiary role of the State in matters of family policy has implied that programmes of public assistance to poor families with children are often meagre or not available at all. The paper examines the effect of family transfers (used broadly to include contributory family allowances, non-contributory child benefits and tax credits or allowances) on child poverty in Greece, Italy, Spain and Portugal. Using the European microsimulation model EUROMOD, the paper first assesses the distributional impact of existing family transfers and then explores the scope for policy reforms. By way of illustration, the effects of universal child benefit schemes similar to those in Britain, Denmark and Sweden are simulated. The paper concludes with a discussion of key findings and policy implications.
        KW  - microsimulation
KW  - child poverty
KW  - social transfers
KW  - fiscal benefits
KW  - south Europe
        ER  -