Table 5 Redistributive effects of EITC and WTC reforms by model specification and household type

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

				EITC			WTC
Model	Outcome	Household type	Baseline	Mean	Q ₅	Q ₉₅	Mean	Q ₅	Q ₉₅
1	DHI	0 children	31.83	32.29	32.20	32.40	32.27	32.19	32.35
		1 child	29.56	31.33	31.15	31.50	31.39	31.22	31.56
		2 children	28.85	31.72	31.43	31.98	31.84	31.58	32.08
		3 children	25.92	28.87	28.17	29.65	29.24	28.60	29.93
		Total	30.09	31.67	31.55	31.77	31.73	31.61	31.84
	HCR	0 children	6.57	3.87	3.68	4.07	3.79	3.55	4.07
		1 child	15.40	9.78	9.31	10.32	8.91	8.46	9.31
		2 children	27.45	19.31	18.30	20.43	18.33	17.23	19.36
		3 children	52.88	41.18	37.50	44.23	40.88	36.54	44.23
		Total	16.87	11.47	11.11	11.84	10.91	10.54	11.27
	PGR	0 children	2.19	1.76	1.69	1.89	1.71	1.61	1.77
		1 child	4.29	3.91	3.67	4.21	3.61	3.42	3.78
		2 children	7.19	6.50	6.15	6.97	5.96	5.73	6.21
		3 children	16.47	15.59	14.37	16.99	14.10	13.28	14.91
		Total	4.83	4.33	4.16	4.48	4.00	3.91	4.09
2	DHI	0 children	31.83	30.91	30.85	30.98	30.90	30.84	30.97
		1 child	29.56	30.21	30.04	30.36	30.27	30.14	30.39
		2 children	28.85	30.58	30.33	30.83	30.67	30.45	30.89
		3 children	25.92	27.58	26.98	28.24	27.82	27.33	28.43
		Total	30.09	30.44	30.34	30.52	30.49	30.41	30.56
	HCR	0 children	6.57	4.05	3.94	4.20	4.11	3.94	4.34
		1 child	15.40	11.93	11.34	12.52	10.75	10.32	11.34
		2 children	27.45	23.89	22.77	25.11	22.37	21.49	23.40
		3 children	52.88	48.94	44.23	51.92	48.58	44.23	51.92
		Total	16.87	13.73	13.29	14.12	13.01	12.67	13.34
	PGR	0 children	2.19	1.89	1.84	2.01	1.84	1.75	1.90
		1 child	4.29	4.31	4.05	4.60	3.95	3.76	4.13
		2 children	7.19	7.07	6.67	7.55	6.44	6.23	6.73
		3 children	16.47	17.24	16.08	18.49	15.86	15.13	16.59
		Total	4.83	4.73	4.59	4.90	4.37	4.27	4.47

Notes: DHI denotes disposable household income in 1000 Euros, HCR denotes the poverty head count ratio, and PGR denotes the poverty gap ratio. 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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