| Titre | Simulation des conséquences redistributives de divers modes de renforcement de la sélectivité des allocations familiales | |
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| Auteur | Antoine Math, Michel Grignon | |
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Revue | Economie et prévision |
| Numéro | no 122, 1996/1 Les politiques familiales | |
| Rubrique / Thématique | Les politiques familiales |
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| Page | 13-31 | |
| Résumé anglais |
Simulation of the Redistributive Effects of Different Methods for Improving the Selectivity of Family Allowances
by Michel Grignon and Antoine Math
This paper evaluates the redistributive effects of different reforms aimed at improving the selectivity of family allowances. The redistributive effects are evaluated by measuring the decrease in inequalities and in poverty. The simulations hinge on two reforms: the means test and the taxation of family allowances. It is shown that family allowances currently paid without being based on means exercise a substantial vertical redistribution and that the additional redistributive effects do not depend so much on these reforms in themselves as on the use of sums saved and the total of these sums (and therefore indirectly on the extent of selectivity in the measures implemented). The decrease in inequalities brought about by family allowances would significantly sharpen only in the case of a redistribution of budget savings in the form of new benefits or an increase in existing benefits. The evaluation of the redistributive effects of a reform of family allowances alone, especially in terms of the decrease in poverty, also poses the problem of how to combine family allowances with other welfare policy mechanisms, in particular guaranteed minimum incomes. The paper also underscores the value and limits of simulation methods and redistributive effect measurement tools. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/ecop_0249-4744_1996_num_122_1_5774 |
