Social assistance in the new EU member states [[electronic resource] ] : strengthening performance and labor market incentives / / Dena Ringold, Leszek Kasek
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| Autore: |
Ringold Dena <1970->
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| Titolo: |
Social assistance in the new EU member states [[electronic resource] ] : strengthening performance and labor market incentives / / Dena Ringold, Leszek Kasek
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| Pubblicazione: | Washington, D.C., : World Bank, c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (92 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 362.58094 |
| Soggetto topico: | Manpower policy - Europe, Eastern |
| Manpower policy - European Union countries | |
| Public welfare - Europe, Eastern | |
| Public welfare - European Union countries | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Europe, Eastern Social policy |
| European Union countries Social policy | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Altri autori: |
KasekLeszek
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 67-68). |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Executive Summary; List of Tables; 1. Introduction; List of Boxes; 2. The Context: Poverty and Social Exclusion in the EU8; List of Figures; 3. Social Protection in the New Member States; 4. Performance and Effectiveness; 5. Design of Social Assistance Programs; 6. Making Work Pay: Work and Social Protection; 7. Conclusions; Appendixes; References |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This study analyzes the performance of social assistance and family benefit programs in eight new member states of the European Union from the perspective of fiscal impact and effectiveness. It is based on household survey data for six of the countries, as well as budget data and information on program design collected at the national level. The paper finds that, although social assistance programs in the new member states are small in terms of coverage and expenditure levels (reaching 2 to 5 percent of the population), the programs are an important safety net for the poor. Programs are relati |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Social assistance in the new EU member states |
| ISBN: | 1-280-94036-0 |
| 9786610940363 | |
| 0-8213-7160-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910451664203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
World Bank working paper ; ; no. 117.