Avram, Silvia and Popova, Daria (2024) Peering into the black box: Using microsimulation methods to evaluate the gendered impact of taxes and transfers. In: A Research Agenda for Financial Resources within the Household. Edward Elgar, pp. 79-83. ISBN 9781802203998. Official URL: https://doi.org/10.4337/9781802204001.00013
Avram, Silvia and Popova, Daria (2024) Peering into the black box: Using microsimulation methods to evaluate the gendered impact of taxes and transfers. In: A Research Agenda for Financial Resources within the Household. Edward Elgar, pp. 79-83. ISBN 9781802203998. Official URL: https://doi.org/10.4337/9781802204001.00013
Avram, Silvia and Popova, Daria (2024) Peering into the black box: Using microsimulation methods to evaluate the gendered impact of taxes and transfers. In: A Research Agenda for Financial Resources within the Household. Edward Elgar, pp. 79-83. ISBN 9781802203998. Official URL: https://doi.org/10.4337/9781802204001.00013
Abstract
Unitary models of household behaviour and decision-making remain the mainstream of academic research and official statistics of income and living standards, despite extensive evidence contradicting their assumptions. The main difficulty in moving beyond unitary models in empirical analysis has been how to deal with intra-household allocation issues satisfactorily. We show here how microsimulation models are a tool to go beyond assumptions of complete pooling and equal sharing when examining the gendered effects of tax/benefit policies. We discuss the principles and assumptions behind microsimulation models and highlight their strengths and weaknesses in dealing with intra-household allocation issues. After reviewing the limited literature using microsimulation to examine gender and/or intra-household inequality, we show how these models can be improved by combining them with information on income pooling from surveys to create more realistic scenarios of partial pooling in particular. We conclude by reviewing possible policy applications and suggesting future directions for research.
Item Type: | Book Section |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Intra-household inequality; Gender inequality; Income pooling; Microsimulation; Tax/benefit policies; Gender mainstreaming |
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Institute for Social and Economic Research |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 26 Feb 2024 12:50 |
Last Modified: | 18 Jul 2024 01:00 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/37810 |
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