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Alternative tax-benefit strategies to support children in the European Union. Recent Reforms in Austria, Spain and the United Kingdom

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Holly Sutherland
Christine Lietz
Horacio Levy

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This paper presents a further analysis of tax and transfer systems in support of child poverty reduction carried out in the context of the UNICEF Innocenti Report Card 6 on Child Poverty in Rich Countries (2005). The research reported here was funded in part by the Nuffield Foundation and supported by activities within the MICRESA (Micro-level Analysis of the European Social Agenda) project, financed by the Improving Human Potential programme of the European Commission (SERD-2001-00099).

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Paper provided by UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre in its series Innocenti Working Papers with number inwopa05/33.

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Keywords: child poverty; child related policies; poverty reduction; tax systems;

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E62 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Fiscal Policy
I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs

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  6. David Piachaud & Holly Sutherland, 2000. "How Effective is the British Government's Attempt to Reduce Child Poverty?," Innocenti Working Papers inwopa00/6, UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre. [Downloadable!]
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  1. Lietz C & Mantovani D, 2006. "Lessons From Building And Using EUROMOD," EUROMOD Working Papers EM5/06, EUROMOD at the Institute for Social and Economic Research. [Downloadable!]
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