The Role of Tax-Benefit Systems in Shaping Economic Insecurity in the European Union

  1. OLGA CANTÓ 1
  2. CARMELO GARCÍA-PÉREZ 1
  3. MARINA ROMAGUERA-DE-LA-CRUZ 2
  1. 1 Universidad de Alcalá
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    Universidad de Alcalá

    Alcalá de Henares, España

    ROR https://ror.org/04pmn0e78

  2. 2 Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
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    Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia

    Madrid, España

    ROR https://ror.org/02msb5n36

Revista:
Hacienda Pública Española / Review of Public Economics

ISSN: 0210-1173

Año de publicación: 2023

Título del ejemplar: Special issue on economic insecurity, vulnerability and inequality: The role of public policies

Número: 247

Páginas: 7-36

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.7866/HPE-RPE.23.4.1 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

Otras publicaciones en: Hacienda Pública Española / Review of Public Economics

Resumen

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.

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