RT Journal Article
T1 Social transfer policies and child poverty in European countries: Evaluating policy alternatives through a multiobjective programming model
A1 González-Gallardo, Sandra
A1 Bárcena-Martín, Elena María
A1 Pérez-Moreno, Salvador Jesús
A1 Luque-Gallego, Mariano
K1 Niños
K1 Pobreza
K1 Econometría - Análisis
AB Child poverty remains a significant concern across Europe and citizens regard policy interventions that effec-tively address this issue to be of utmost importance. In this work, we analyse the potential of social transferpolicy alternatives to alleviate child and overall poverty simultaneously in European countries. Using a logisticregression to define the objective functions and constraints, we rely on multiobjective programming to assess keyfeatures of national social transfer systems that can minimize child and overall poverty and tend to equal bothlevels downwards. Taking into account the starting levels of each country, the results underline the importance offinding an adequate combination of pro-child and pro-poor targeting of social transfer policies. For most Eu-ropean countries, an increase in the level of cash benefits for children is advisable – particularly universalbenefits – except in Croatia, the Netherlands, and Norway. Nonetheless, in France, Greece, Italy, Ireland, theNetherlands, and Spain, the recommended proportion of GDP allocated to universal cash benefits is lower thanthe proportion allocated to means-tested benefits. In this regard, our research provides an innovative approachfor policymakers to optimize poverty reduction strategies by contributing valuable insights for the design andimplementation of effective social transfer policies to combat child and overall poverty in European countries.
PB Elsevier
YR 2024
FD 2024-06
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/31404
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/31404
LA eng
NO González-Gallardo, Sandra , Bárcena-Martín, Elena, Pérez-Moreno, Salvador ,  Luque, Mariano. Social transfer policies and child poverty in European countries: Evaluating policy alternatives through a multiobjective programming model. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Volume 93, 2024, 101892, ISSN 0038-0121
NO Funding for open access charge: Universidad de Málaga/CBUA
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 3 mar 2026