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Pieter Vanhuysse*, Marton Medgyesi, Robert Ivan Gal
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
What are the intergenerational resource transfer contributions of parents and non-parents in Europe? Using National Transfer Accounts and National Time Transfer Accounts for 12 countries around 2010, we go beyond public transfers (net taxes) to also value two statistically much less visible transfers in the family realm: of market goods and of unpaid household labour (time). Non-parents contribute almost exclusively to public transfers. But parents additionally provide still larger private transfers: mothers mainly time, fathers mainly market goods. Estimating transfer stocks over the working life, the average parental/non-parental contribution ratio in Europe flips from 0.73 (public transfers alone) to 2.66 (all three transfers combined). The highest combined parental/non-parental contribution ratios are in Sweden and Finland. The metaphorical tax rates implicitly imposed thereby on rearing children in Europe are multiples of the value-added tax rates in place on consumption goods. Unveiling the sheer magnitude of these invisible transfer asymmetries carries multiple implications for policy debates. For instance, it raises the question whether ageing European societies unwittingly tax, rather than subsidise, their own reproduction. Family friendly policy models, such as the Nordic welfare states, do not mitigate this effect. They help parents work, but do not lower the implicit tax parents pay.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 230759 |
Journal | Royal Society Open Science |
Volume | 10 |
Issue number | 10 |
ISSN | 2054-5703 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 11. Oct 2023 |
Research output: Other contribution › Net publication - Internet publication › Communication
Research output: Other contribution › Net publication - Internet publication › Communication
Research output: Other contribution › Net publication - Internet publication › Communication
Vanhuysse, P. (Guest lecturer)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Conference presentations
Vanhuysse, P. (Guest lecturer)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Guest lectures, external teaching and course activities at other universities
Vanhuysse, P. (Guest lecturer)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Guest lectures, external teaching and course activities at other universities
15/09/2024
1 item of Media coverage
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Vanhuysse, P., Gal, R. I. & Medgyesi, M.
21/02/2024
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
09/11/2023
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
Vanhuysse, P. (Participant)
Impact: Public policy impact, Social impact
Vanhuysse, P. (Participant)
Impact: Academic impact
Vanhuysse, P. (Participant)
Impact: Public policy impact