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Microsimulation of child benefits: A review of studies

  1. Ivica Urban  Is a corresponding author
  2. Martina Pezer  Is a corresponding author
  1. Institute of Public Finance, Croatia
Research article
Volume 11(3) Winter 2018
Cite this article as: I. Urban, M. Pezer; 2018; Microsimulation of child benefits: A review of studies; International Journal of Microsimulation; 11(3); 134-168. doi: 10.34196/ijm.00191
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Table 1
Categorisation of studies.
Group Studies
(1) Benefit incidence Corak et al. (2005),
Figari et al. (2011),
Cantó et al. (2014),
Hufkens, Verbist, Gábos, & Kalavrezou (2015)
(2) Actual reform Sutherland & Piachaud (2001),
Sutherland (2006),
Fuchs & Lietz (2007),
Salanauskaite & Verbist (2009),
Brewer, Browne, & Joyce (2011),
Kump, Majcen, & Cok (2011),
Militaru and Cristescu (2017)
(3) Policy import Atkinson, Bourguignon, & Chiappori (1988),
Immervoll, Sutherland, & de Vos (2000),
Levy (2003),
Baclet, Dell, & Wrohlich (2005),
Matsaganis et al. (2006),
Levy, Lietz, & Sutherland (2007b),
Matsaganis et al. (2007),
Levy, Morawski, & Myck (2009),
Salanauskaite & Verbist (2013),
Avram & Militaru (2016),
Popova (2016)
(4) Freestyle reform Sutherland (2001),
Levy, Lietz, & Sutherland (2007a),
Levy, Matsaganis, & Sutherland (2013),
Popova (2013),
Urban (2017)

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Table 2
Methods, tools and approaches.
Type Studies
1. Poverty
FGT(α=0) Matsaganis et al. (2006), Sutherland (2006), Fuchs and Lietz (2007), Levy et al. (2007a), Levy et al. (2007b), Brewer et al. (2011), Cantó et al. (2014), Hufkens et al. (2015)
FGT(α=0,1) Immervoll et al. (2000), Sutherland & Piachaud (2001), Corak et al. (2005), Figari et al. (2011), Levy et al. (2013), Popova (2013), Salanauskaite & Verbist (2013), Popova (2016)
FGT(α=0,1,2) Levy (2003), Matsaganis et al. (2007), Levy et al. (2009), Salanauskaite and Verbist (2009), Avram & Militaru (2016)
Target efficiency indicators Matsaganis et al. (2007), Levy et al. (2009), Popova (2013), Popova (2016)
2. Income (re)distribution
Lorenz curves and Gini index for incomes Atkinson et al. (1988), Fuchs & Lietz (2007), Salanauskaite & Verbist (2009), Kump et al. (2011), Popova (2013), Popova (2016), Urban (2017)
Concentration curves and coefficients for taxes and benefits Matsaganis et al. (2007), Hufkens et al. (2015)
General entropy indices for incomes Salanauskaite & Verbist (2009)
S80/S20 ratio Salanauskaite & Verbist (2009)
Decompositions of the change in income inequality Fuchs and Lietz (2007), Urban (2017)
Atkinson-Bourguignon sequential dominance criterion Atkinson et al. (1988)
Effective average tax rates Baclet et al. (2005)
3. Other methods
Gainer-loser table Immervoll et al. (2000), Sutherland (2006), Matsaganis et al. (2007), Kump et al. (2011)
Transition matrix Sutherland & Piachaud (2001)

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  2. Notes: (a) FGT(α=0), FGT(α=1) and FGT(α=2) correspond to “headcount poverty”, “poverty gap” and “poverty severity” measures, respectively, based on Foster, Greer, & Thorbecke (1984).

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