Some transfers can only be received by one household member (e.g. Kindergeld, Erziehungsgeld). To solve this, we currently employ two different approaches:
In the case of Kindergeld, we ascribe the transfer to the child and not to the parents.
In the case of Erziehungsgeld (#585), we let the user decide about who takes the transfer by adding a basic variable inanspruchn_erzgeld. The downside here, besides having another input variable, is that it is easy to make mistakes when specifying the input (e.g. by letting all household members take the transfer; we don't check whether the input is consistent with the law).
A third approach could be letting the user decide which person takes all (child-related) benefits, thereby avoiding an input variable for each transfer.
MImmesberger
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7 months ago
Some transfers can only be received by one household member (e.g. Kindergeld, Erziehungsgeld). To solve this, we currently employ two different approaches:
inanspruchn_erzgeld. The downside here, besides having another input variable, is that it is easy to make mistakes when specifying the input (e.g. by letting all household members take the transfer; we don't check whether the input is consistent with the law).