Monetary Transfers for Children and Adolescents in Argentina: Characteristics and Coverage of a “System” with Three Components

Monetary Transfers for Children and Adolescents in Argentina: Characteristics and Coverage of a “System” with Three Components, Fabio Bertranou and Roxana Maurizio analyse the incidence of the three programmes that give benefits to families with children in Argentina: the income tax deduction per child, the contributory family allowance and the Universal Child Allowance. The latter was established in 2009 and took on the role previously paid by the Heads of Household and the Families programme (Plan Jefes y Jefas y el Plan Familias). This programme faces a number of challenges. For Bertranou and Maurizio closing the gaps in coverage and to having a unified system for the child-related transfers as part of a broader policy for children and teenagers is essential (clickhere for the Spanish version)