Quantification of a Basic Child Allowance

Central to the project are ex ante analyses and quantifications of the

  • effects of the introduction of a basic child allowance, in particular with regard to

labor supply, transfer dependency, poverty risks of families and social inequality,

  • consequences and interactions of the basic child allowance in the interaction with other state benefits and regulations in the tax-transfer system, as well as
  • direct and indirect costs of the basic child allowance.

The analyses are based on the following behavioural microsimulation models:.

  • IZAΨMOD of the IZA Institute of Labor Economics,
  • the "Tax and Transfer Behavioral Microsimulation Model" of the ifo Institute – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, as well as
  • ZEW-EviSTA of the ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.

Project members

Prof. Hans-Martin von Gaudecker

Prof. Hans-Martin von Gaudecker

Project Coordinator

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Holger Bonin

Holger Bonin

Project Coordinator
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Holger Stichnoth

Holger Stichnoth

Project Coordinator
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Jakob Schmidhäuser

Jakob Schmidhäuser

Researcher

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Michael Hebsaker

Michael Hebsaker

Technical employee

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Tobias Kreuz

Tobias Kreuz

Researcher

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Andreas Peichl

Andreas Peichl

Research Associate

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