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Welfare and Children's Well‐Being
Author(s) -
Ribar David C.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
australian economic review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.308
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 1467-8462
pISSN - 0004-9018
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8462.12231
Subject(s) - redistribution (election) , welfare , redistribution of income and wealth , public economics , production (economics) , context (archaeology) , economics , social welfare , welfare reform , economic growth , political science , microeconomics , law , market economy , politics , paleontology , unemployment , biology
This article discusses economic theories that arise from a household production model about the production of children's well‐being and explores how those theories inform features of income redistribution policy. Economic needs within families with children, concerns about interactions between the needs of parents and children, reasons for conditioning benefits or providing benefits directly to children, and the role of social services are each examined and discussed in the context of the Australian Family Tax Benefit program and recent proposals to reform Australian welfare programs.