Minimum-Income Benefits in OECD Countries: Policy Design, Effectiveness and Challenges

By H. Immervoll. Social Science Research Network, 2010

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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.

Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Gender Studies, Political Science and International Relations

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• Redistribution Policy and Inequality Reduction in OECD Countries: What Has Changed in Two Decades? (2011, background): “For details, see D‟Addio and Immervoll (2010), who also provide AW-consistent earnings distribution data and breakdowns by sex.”