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Minimum-Income Benefits in OECD Countries Policy Design, Effectiveness and Challenges
- Title
- Minimum-Income Benefits in OECD Countries [electronic resource]: Policy Design, Effectiveness and Challenges / Herwig Immervoll
- Author
- Immervoll, Herwig.
- Publication
- Paris : OECD Publishing, 2010.
Available Online
Details
- Description
- 55 p.; 21 x 29.7cm.
- Summary
- Almost all OECD countries operate comprehensive minimum-income programmes for working-age individuals, either as last-resort safety nets alongside primary income replacement benefits, or as the principal instrument for delivering social protection. Such safety-net benefits aim primarily at providing an acceptable standard of living for families unable to earn sufficient incomes from other sources. This paper provides an overview of social assistance and other minimum-income programmes in OECD countries, summarises their main features, and highlights a number of current policy challenges.
- Series Statement
- OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers, 1815-199X ; no.100
- Uniform Title
- OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers, no.100.
- Subject
- Social Issues/Migration/Health
- LCCN
- 10.1787/218402763872
- OCLC
- oecd-lib
- Author
- Immervoll, Herwig.
- Title
- Minimum-Income Benefits in OECD Countries [electronic resource]: Policy Design, Effectiveness and Challenges / Herwig Immervoll
- Imprint
- Paris : OECD Publishing, 2010.
- Series
- OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers, 1815-199X ; no.100OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers, 1815-199X ; no.100.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
- Social Issues/Migration/Health
- Other Standard Identifier
- 10.1787/218402763872 doi