Taxation and female labor supply in Italy

Colonna, Fabrizio; Marcassa, Stefania

doi:10.1186/s40173-015-0030-0

Table 8 Poverty measures

From: Taxation and female labor supply in Italy

		Head count	Poverty	Aggregate
		index ( % )	gap	poverty gap
		(1)	(2)	(3)
Benchmark Model
Married (Joint decision)	0 children	13.90	137.69	13439.31
	1 child	12.81	168.79	17874.27
	2 children	12.02	194.08	21906.01
Married (Inelastic husband’s LFP)	0 children	16.71	163.04	16615.21
	1 child	15.73	205.91	22153.21
	2 children	15.54	248.64	27208.92
Unmarried Men	0 children	28.75	170.91	11712.83
	1 child	34.74	344.25	19521.33
	2 children	18.60	245.18	25963.36
Unmarried Women	0 children	32.51	193.28	11712.83
	1 child	32.07	317.76	19521.33
	2 children	53.33	702.86	25963.36
Joint Tax
Married (Joint decision)	0 children	15.64	155.00	17927.00
	1 child	18.92	249.34	23842.90
	2 children	15.71	253.75	29220.93
Married (Inelastic husband’s LFP)	0 children	16.64	161.89	18337.78
	1 child	17.27	224.64	24486.23
	2 children	18.29	290.10	30111.85
Unmarried Men	0 children	29.97	172.24	12420.33
	1 child	54.93	544.29	20700.47
	2 children	23.26	306.48	27531.62
Unmarried Women	0 children	34.85	207.23	12420.33
	1 child	52.69	522.15	20700.47
	2 children	72.38	953.89	27531.62
Working Tax Credit
Married (Joint decision)	0 children	16.07	159.225	14769.07
	1 child	17.73	233.61	19642.85
	2 children	9.95	160.68	24073.51
Married (Inelastic husband’s LFP)	0 children	16.54	163.91	16638.86
	1 child	15.65	206.30	22129.67
	2 children	15.31	247.21	27121.26
Unmarried Men	0 children	31.47	187.08	12832.33
	1 child	37.87	375.26	21387.15
	2 children	18.60	245.18	28444.91
Unmarried Women	0 children	35.66	212.00	12832.33
	1 child	35.81	354.82	21387.15
	2 children	49.52	652.66	28444.91
Gender-Based Tax
Married (Joint decision)	0 children	2.22	28.13	3146.27
	1 child	1.92	31.12	3838.30
	2 children	2.18	45.87	4534.91
Married (Inelastic husband’s LFP)	0 children	2.85	37.72	8581.80
	1 child	5.37	82.08	10813.72
	2 children	9.87	165.28	13015.35
Unmarried Men	0 children	1.37	18.97	1092.37
	1 child	4.07	61.34	1458.27
	2 children	4.65	61.30	1786.77
Unmarried Women	0 children	0.99	11.37	1092.37
	1 child	4.89	51.89	1458.27
	2 children	7.62	100.41	1786.77

Source: Authors’ computations from EU-SILC data (2007-2011).

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