The last safety net. A handbook of minimum income protection in Europe
Bahle, Thomas ; Hubl, Vanessa ; Pfeifer, Michaela
Policy Press - Bristol
2011
XI, 271 p.
comparison ; guaranteed income ; social protection ; welfare state
Social assistance and social work
English
Bibliogr.;Index
978-1-84742-725-0
02.15-63343
"Minimum income protection provides the last social safety net for people in need. The book provides a systematic comparative and longitudinal analysis of minimum income protection systems in 17 EU countries based on a newly developed dataset. Country-specific chapters providing institutional overviews are combined with comparative quantitative indicators on issues such as benefit levels, expenditures and beneficiaries. The book will be of major interest to researchers, scholars and experts in income protection, poverty and the welfare state."
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