The Distribution of Economic Resources to Children in Germany
The Distribution of Economic Resources to Children in Germany
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德国儿童经济资源的分配
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2017
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Schupp
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Schröder;Schupp
本文调查了2009年至2013年期间德国私人和公共托儿服务和教育对儿童资源的再分配影响。它考虑到儿童需要的多方面性，并通过采用扩大收入的办法来获得经济资源。将社会经济小组（SOEP）的调查数据与德国联邦统计局的行政数据相结合，发现扩展的可支配收入不平等在所有年份都显著低于可支配现金收入不平等的5%水平。然而，延长并没有显著改变分布趋势。与此同时，公共提供的儿童保育和学校教育显著减少了儿童之间的不平等，从而缓解了现金收入的不平等。造成这种影响的一个主要原因是，公共实物福利使单亲家庭的儿童受益，而单亲家庭的儿童大多数没有现金收入。这进一步证明了公共提供的儿童保育和学校教育作为一种政策手段，在儿童生活中实现经济资源和机会均等的重要性。JEL分类：D13 D31 H52 I24
This paper investigates the redistributive impact of private and public childcare provision and education on children’s resources in Germany between 2009 and 2013. It takes account of the multidimensionality of children’s needs and access to economic resources by applying an extended income approach. Combining survey data from the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) with administrative data from the German Federal Statistical Office, extended disposable income inequality is found to be significantly lower than disposable cash income inequality at the five percent level across all years. However, the extension does not significantly change distributional trends. At the same time, publicly provided childcare and schooling notably decrease inequality among children such that it cushions cash income inequality. One major reason for this effect is that public in-kind benefits profit children living with single parents, which are deprived in terms of cash incomes, most. This gives additional evidence on the importance of publicly provided childcare and schooling as a policy instrument to equalize economic resources and opportunities in children’s lives. JEL Classification: D13 D31 H52 I24