Child Bonus

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posted on 2023-11-06, 21:19 authored by Mary DalyMary Daly, Sunwoo RyuSunwoo Ryu, Ertugrul PolatErtugrul Polat

Families with children were granted a benefit known as a Child Bonus (Kinderbonus)

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Country

Germany

Policy Area

Additional income support for families with children

Measure

Cash transfer

Eligibility

Families who were in receipt of the Child Benefit (Kindergeld)

Type

Cash (social assistance)

Start / Announced Date

29/06/2020

End Date

N/A

Amount

One-off payment of €300 per child (with €200 paid in September 2020 and €100 in October 2020)

Total Cost

€4.3 billion

Recipients

Parents

Route to the child

Indirect

Sources

Gentilini, U., Almenfi, M., Orton, I. and Dale, P. (2021) Social protection and jobs responses to COVID-19: a real-time review of country measures ("living paper” version 15). 14 May 2021. Available at: https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/33635