Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/185112 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 11652
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
In 2016 the Polish government introduced a large new child benefit, called "Family 500+", with the aim to increase fertility from a low level and reduce child poverty. The benefit is universal for the second and every further child and means-tested for the first child. Increasing out-of-work income significantly, the transfer can reduce incentives to participate in the labour market. We study the impact of the new benefit on female labour supply, using Polish Labour Force Survey data. Based on a difference-in-differences methodology we find that the labour market participation rates of women with children decreased after the introduction of the benefit compared to childless women. The estimates suggest that by mid-2017 the labour force participation rate of mothers dropped by 2-3 percentage points, depending on the estimation specification, as a result of the "Family 500+" benefit. The effect was higher among women with lower levels of education and living in small towns.
Subjects: 
child allowance
social transfers
family policy
labour market participation
JEL: 
E24
H53
I38
J13
J21
J22
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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