Inequality, poverty, and child benefits
Evidence From a Natural Experiment
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6358271 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Piotr R Paradowski (0000-0002-5293-8776, Luxembourg Income Study (LIS), Esch-Belval, Luxembourg), Joanna Wolszczak-Derlacz (0000-0002-3392-5267, Gdańsk University of Technology) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 242-262 |
| Publication date | 2025-05-04 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Post-Soviet Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1060-586X • E-ISSN: 1938-2855 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1060586x.2025.2487372 |
| OpenAlex | W3044257713 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 60 |
We assess the impact of a new policy action in the form of cash child benefit introduced in Poland in 2016 (the program Family 500 +) on inequality and poverty. The analysis is based on micro-level household data from the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) and Statistics Poland. We examine the changes in various indicators of inequality and poverty (Gini index, subjective and relative poverty rates) and their decomposition. We find evidence that the program substantially reduces inequality and poverty. This is confirmed by difference-in-difference estimation, in which treated and non-treated households are compared before and after the program’s introduction
Cash · Demographic economics · Development economics · Econometrics · Economic growth · Economic inequality · Economics · Estimation · Gini coefficient · Index (typography · Inequality · Macroeconomics · Poverty · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Mathematics
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| Citations per year | 1.67 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |