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Table 5 Decomposition of Household Composition, BTST Income
Poverty, and Welfare Effectiveness (Based on Resamples)
Country
Poverty
Household
BTST Income
Welfare
Difference
Composition
Poverty
Effectiveness
Social
Democratic
Denmark
13.36***
8.32***
15.26***
-10.22**
S.D.
0.76
1.47
2.30
3.53
Finland
8.81***
6.22*
13.58***
-10.99^
S.D.
1.85
2.79
3.68
5.57
Iceland
6.74**
4.72***
10.25***
-8.22**
S.D.
2.08
1.26
2.37
2.79
Norway
17.76***
9.50***
17.15*
-8.89
S.D.
0.62
2.60
7.44
6.13
Liberal
Australia
0.89
1.40
5.08*
-5.59
S.D.
0.89
1.53
2.20
3.42
Canada
9.58***
3.38***
10.85***
-4.65**
S.D.
1.48
0.80
1.83
1.69
Ireland
6.84*
2.06^
13.65**
-8.88**
S.D.
3.03
1.09
4.05
3.20
UK
9.07***
2.56**
13.55***
-7.03***
S.D.
1.05
0.96
1.57
1.92
US
13.89***
4.14***
13.26***
-3.51^
S.D.
0.82
0.82
1.51
1.83
Conservative
Austria
5.20**
2.59**
7.68***
-5.08**
S.D.
1.75
0.98
1.91
2.11
France
9.76***
2.11*
13.17***
-5.52**
S.D.
1.76
1.01
2.05
2.24
Germany
10.10***
5.12***
12.61***
-7.63**
S.D.
1.92
1.37
2.23
2.75
Luxembourg
1.19
0.18
4.78
-3.77
S.D.
2.37
2.44
3.21
4.07
Netherlands
6.38**
4.25**
10.95***
-8.82**
S.D.
2.49
1.42
2.60
3.08
Switzerland
1.21
0.52
3.28
-2.60
S.D.
1.44
1.42
3.34
1.98
Post-socialist
Czech
Republic
3.56**
0.53
3.02^
0.00
S.D.
1.50
0.77
1.79
1.24
Poland
3.86***
0.41
7.45**
-3.99
S.D.
0.68
0.85
2.66
3.38
Slovenia
3.73*
0.21
6.58**
-3.06




