Family policy, gender, and redistribution: Impacts, social preferences, and design (A09)

• Subject Area: Economic Policy, Applied Economics
• Term: since 2021
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 280092119

Project A09 conducts analyses of social policies, focusing on (a) the evolution and perception of inequality, (b) the effects of policies and the tax-and-transfer system on individual behavior and inequality, and (c) the design of policy reforms. The project’s research agenda includes theoretical analyses of optimal policy, surveys on social perceptions and preferences for redistribution, and empirical research on the effects of family policy reforms. Different parts of the analyses relate to either high-income or low-income countries.

• DFG Programme: CRC/Transregios
• Subproject of: TRR 190: Rationality and Competition: The Economic Performance of Individuals and Firms
• Applicant Institution: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
• Project Heads: Professor Dr. Emanuel Hansen; Professorin Rajshri Jayaraman, Ph.D.; Professor Dr. Andreas Peichl; Professor Dr. Dominik Sachs, until 7/2021