Assessing the impact of a minimum income scheme: the Basque Country case
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DOI: 10.1007/s13209-019-00203-2
Abstract: In this paper, we evaluate the impact of a minimum income scheme (MIS) in the Basque Country, one of Spain’s 17 autonomous regions. In particular, we assess whether the policy delays entry into employment for… read more here.
Keywords: minimum income; impact minimum; income scheme;
Housing benefits and minimum income schemes in Austria – an application of the residual income approach to housing affordability of welfare recipients
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DOI: 10.1080/19491247.2017.1306992
Abstract: Recently, housing costs have increased considerably in and around the main Austrian cities. For low-income households and vulnerable groups on the housing market, the nine Austrian regions have set up housing benefit schemes as income-dependent… read more here.
Keywords: housing costs; housing; affordability; minimum income ... See more keywords
The elusive promise of universal social protection: the case of the Greek general minimum income (GMI)
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DOI: 10.1108/ijssp-11-2020-0497
Abstract: PurposeThe need to alleviate poverty and achieve the United Nations (UN) 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through Universal Social Protection (USP) mechanisms is a high priority for governments and international organisations (IOs). This paper focuses… read more here.
Keywords: income gmi; social protection; universal social; minimum income ... See more keywords
Minimum Income and Flat Tax Revisited: A Combined CGE‐Microsimulation Analysis for Germany
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DOI: 10.1111/ssqu.12532
Abstract: Objective This article quantifies the economic effects of a fundamental reform proposal for Germany's social security system that integrates most parts of the prevailing social security insurances into the general tax‐transfer system. Methods Drawing on… read more here.
Keywords: tax; income flat; tax revisited; flat tax ... See more keywords
GPs in Scotland to vote on contract offering partners guaranteed minimum income
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DOI: 10.1136/bmj.j5282
Abstract: GPs in Scotland are being asked to vote on a new contract that aims to cut their workload, reduce their responsibility for practice premises, and offer a guaranteed minimum income to partners.1 The proposed contract… read more here.
Keywords: minimum income; gps scotland; contract; guaranteed minimum ... See more keywords
Explaining different trajectories of minimum income schemes: Groups, parties and political exchange in Italy and Spain
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DOI: 10.1177/0958928717707272
Abstract: The absence of a minimum income scheme was a key feature of the Southern European Model. In the past 20 years, countries in this cluster have witnessed major changes in this policy field. In particular, in… read more here.
Keywords: minimum income; explaining different; policy; political exchange ... See more keywords
The political economy of minimum income benefits: How parties, unions and migration influence benefit adequacy
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DOI: 10.1177/0958928720933194
Abstract: How we treat the people most in need of support is a good indicator of the state of our societies. But we lack empirical evidence on how political parties affect minimum income benefits. The classic… read more here.
Keywords: unions migration; left parties; migration; minimum income ... See more keywords
Moving towards fairer regional minimum income schemes in Spain
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DOI: 10.1177/09589287221088174
Abstract: Minimum income schemes aim at providing citizens with a minimum living standard. In some EU countries, their regulation and provision takes place at the subnational level. This is the case in Spain, where minimum income… read more here.
Keywords: minimum income; towards fairer; moving towards; income schemes ... See more keywords