2014
DOI: 10.1111/ijsw.12140
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The impact of child benefits on single mother poverty: Exploring the role of targeting in 15 European countries

Abstract: Single mothers are vulnerable to living in poverty. The question of how to safeguard the economic status of single mothers in a context of increasing dual earnership is a crucial one. In the present study we addressed this issue by investigating the impact of child benefits on the poverty risk of single mothers in 15 European countries. We focused in particular on the design of child benefits and investigated whether targeting towards single mothers was associated with better poverty reduction. In doing so, we… Show more

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“…In Europe, high poverty figures are also found in Spain, Germany, Estonia, the UK, and Ireland. The main foci in the research on how to tackle these extraordinary poverty figures among lone parents are either on income taxes (Brady and Burroway 2010;Heuveline et al 2003) or on transfers and family policies (Maldonado and Nieuwenhuis 2015;Van Lancker et al 2015). From both perspectives, results suggest that universal transfers are more effective for lone parents than measures targeting them as a specific group (Brady and Burroway 2010;Chzhen and Bradshaw 2012;Maldonado and Nieuwenhuis 2015).…”
Section: Povertymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In Europe, high poverty figures are also found in Spain, Germany, Estonia, the UK, and Ireland. The main foci in the research on how to tackle these extraordinary poverty figures among lone parents are either on income taxes (Brady and Burroway 2010;Heuveline et al 2003) or on transfers and family policies (Maldonado and Nieuwenhuis 2015;Van Lancker et al 2015). From both perspectives, results suggest that universal transfers are more effective for lone parents than measures targeting them as a specific group (Brady and Burroway 2010;Chzhen and Bradshaw 2012;Maldonado and Nieuwenhuis 2015).…”
Section: Povertymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Zwei Drittel der Kinderbetreuungskosten (maximal 4.000€ jährlich) können von erwerbstätigen Elternpaaren und Alleinerziehenden von der Steuer abgesetzt werden (Blome et al 2009, BMFSJF 2011. Generell erhalten Alleinverdienerpaare mit Kindern im Jahr 2008 jedoch mehr monetäre Familienleistungen als Alleinerziehende (van Lancker et al 2015).…”
Section: Reformen In Der Vereinbarkeitspolitikunclassified
“…Dies kann zum einen durch ein gesetzlich verstärktes in die Pflicht Nehmens des anderen Elternteils sowohl hinsichtlich finanzieller als auch erzieherischer Bedarfe erreicht werden. Zum anderen sollten bestehende familienpolitische Leistungen Alleinerziehenden auch tatsächlich zugutekommen und sie nicht wie bisher Paarfamilien mit Kindern gegenüber benachteiligen (van Lancker et al 2015). Hierfür kann eine zentrale Stellschraube identifiziert werden: Das (vollständige) Anrechnen familienpolitischer Leistungen auf andere vorrangige Sozialleistungen.…”
Section: Sozialpolitische Implikationen Und Ausblickunclassified
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“…Some of them are provided by the federal budget or the Social Security Fund; they include prenatal and maternity benefits, lump-sum childbirth benefits and child care allowances for children under 18 months. Others are paid by regional budgets, and among them is an allowance for children under 16 (18) years from poor families (or child allowance) which is the main benefit for children over 18 months. These benefits can differ for single-mothers, multi-child families, children of members of the armed services, children of fathers avoiding alimony payments, etc.…”
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confidence: 99%