In-work benefits for married couples: an ex-ante evaluation of EITC and WTC policies in Italy

Luca, Giuseppe De; Rossetti, Claudio; Vuri, Daniela

doi:10.1186/2193-9004-3-23

Table 3 Effects of EITC and WTC reforms on participation probabilities of husbands and wives by model specification, household type, decile of disposable household income and sector

From: In-work benefits for married couples: an ex-ante evaluation of EITC and WTC policies in Italy

				EITC			WTC
Model	Spouse	Variable	Baseline	Mean	Q ₅	Q ₉₅	Mean	Q ₅	Q ₉₅
1	Husbands	0 children	93.43	93.57	93.43	93.82	93.58	93.43	93.82
		1 child	94.25	94.50	94.08	94.92	94.65	94.25	95.09
		2 children	93.83	93.56	92.98	94.04	93.81	93.62	94.04
		3 children	88.46	87.83	86.54	88.46	88.53	87.50	89.42
		I-III	84.26	84.19	83.56	84.78	84.60	84.26	84.95
		IV-VII	96.76	96.89	96.63	97.28	96.96	96.76	97.28
		VIII-X	98.44	98.44	98.44	98.44	98.42	98.27	98.44
		Total	93.51	93.54	93.30	93.77	93.69	93.56	93.87
	Wives	0 children	54.27	55.22	54.66	55.85	54.77	54.40	55.32
		1 child	55.67	59.20	58.04	60.41	58.36	57.19	59.56
		2 children	51.70	58.62	57.02	60.43	57.91	56.17	59.57
		3 children	37.50	46.82	42.31	51.92	46.89	42.31	51.92
		I-III	12.28	18.23	16.44	20.07	17.36	15.74	19.03
		IV-VII	60.31	64.37	63.29	65.63	63.74	62.65	64.85
		VIII-X	84.58	85.37	84.92	85.96	85.08	84.58	85.62
		Total	53.17	56.82	56.02	57.63	56.21	55.45	56.96
2	Husbands	0 children	93.43	93.49	93.30	93.69	93.50	93.30	93.69
		1 child	94.25	94.40	94.08	94.75	94.47	94.25	94.75
		2 children	93.83	93.54	92.98	93.83	93.76	93.40	94.04
		3 children	88.46	88.19	86.54	89.42	88.44	87.50	89.42
		I-III	84.26	84.15	83.56	84.60	84.40	84.08	84.78
		IV-VII	96.76	96.80	96.50	97.15	96.86	96.63	97.15
		VIII-X	98.44	98.43	98.27	98.44	98.41	98.27	98.44
		Public	23.52	23.38	23.00	23.78	23.21	22.85	23.52
		Private	69.99	70.11	69.68	70.51	70.38	70.04	70.77
		Total	93.51	93.49	93.30	93.67	93.59	93.46	93.72
	Wives	0 children	54.27	54.83	54.53	55.19	54.51	54.14	54.93
		1 child	55.67	58.04	57.02	59.22	57.17	56.35	58.21
		2 children	51.70	56.92	55.11	58.72	55.76	54.26	57.23
		3 children	37.50	45.42	41.35	50.00	44.17	40.38	49.04
		I-III	12.28	16.64	15.22	18.34	15.55	14.36	16.96
		IV-VII	60.31	63.29	62.39	64.33	62.47	61.61	63.29
		VIII-X	84.58	85.08	84.75	85.62	84.78	84.40	85.27
		Public	20.87	21.49	21.03	21.91	21.16	20.82	21.55
		Private	32.29	34.33	33.70	34.99	33.92	33.39	34.48
		Total	53.17	55.82	55.14	56.44	55.07	54.52	55.66

Notes: Q₅ and Q₉₅ denote the fifth and ninety-fifth percentiles, respectively, so that (Q₅,Q₉₅) is a two sided confidence interval of 90 percent.

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