The role of tax-benefit systems in shaping economic insecurity in the European Union

This paper aims to understand if differences in European countries’ tax-benefit systems impact on individual levels of economic insecurity beyond their socioeconomic and demographic characteristics, with an additional focus on households with children. We consider 29 European countries and use multi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Cantó, Olga, García Pérez, Carmelo, Romaguera de la Cruz, Marina
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
Repositorio:e-spacio. Repositorio Institucional de la UNED
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:e-spacio.uned.es:20.500.14468/25224
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14468/25224
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:53 Ciencias Económicas
Economic insecurity
tax-benefit systems
households with children
multilevel modelling
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Sumario:This paper aims to understand if differences in European countries’ tax-benefit systems impact on individual levels of economic insecurity beyond their socioeconomic and demographic characteristics, with an additional focus on households with children. We consider 29 European countries and use multilevel modelling techniques to study the simultaneous role of micro and macro determinants on a multidimensional index of economic insecurity. Our results show that larger welfare systems and generous general social risk policies for unemployment, bad health and social exclusion are correlated with lower insecurity levels, also for households with children who may receive other transfers specifically targeted to them.