In recent years, the concept of mental accounting has been widely used in the literature to
investigate its influence on decision-making processes related to savings, investment, debt …

This study examines family expenditures and how they respond to the provision of family
cash transfers, particularly among higher-income families. Naming cash benefits with explicit …

We provide an overview of child benefit programs in high-income countries, particularly in
comparison to the 2019 and expanded 2021 US Child Tax Credit (CTC). Most countries …

Current research regarding universal child allowance (UCA) programs has largely been
undertaken in Western contexts, where family culture and societal norms differ significantly …

Extensive research has shown the positive impact of conditional child benefits on child
outcomes. However, there is limited work on the impact of universal child benefit payments …

This paper investigates the impact of a public school nutrition program on household
education expenditure from a novel perspective of the intra-household flypaper effect (IFE) …

This paper presents new evidence on the relationship between motherhood, maternity leave
policies, and unemployment insurance (UI) participation. Using German administrative data …

The introduction of the Canada Child Benefit Policy in July 2016 changed the structure of the
child benefits households received. The amount of benefits was higher, was under the …

Many studies suggest that the expansion of the child benefit (CB) policy increases child-
rearing spending, as it offers mental accounting properties or a labeling effect. However, it …

The thesis is composed of three essays-one on development economics and two on political
economy, with the unified aim of using economic theory alongside applied methods to …