Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/197584 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
EUROMOD Working Paper No. EM17/18
Publisher: 
University of Essex, Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), Colchester
Abstract: 
The aim of this research note is to analyse the distributional impact of five types of local social benefits (compensation for housing costs, old-age income supplement, grant for a newborn child, kindergarten subsidy and city transport subsidy) in the four major Croatian cities - Zagreb, Split, Rijeka and Osijek - which is a first analysis of this kind for Croatia. Using miCROmod - the Croatian tax-benefit microsimulation model, a comparative analysis of benefits and their generosity has been conducted; their income redistribution and poverty reduction effects have also been investigated. Results reveal that, in all local benefit systems considered, the most significant resources are devoted to the city transport subsidy and the kindergarten subsidy. If we compare the per capita values, the most generous benefits are found in Zagreb, followed by Rijeka, Osijek and Split. Also, social protection benefits of Zagreb and Rijeka are the most redistributive, achieving the highest poverty headcount reduction.
Subjects: 
miCROmod
local self-government
social protection benefits
Croatia
poverty
JEL: 
D31
H70
I38
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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