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Category : Australia
Languages : en
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The Battle Against Exclusion: Australia, Finland, Sweden, and the United Kingdom
Author: The Battle against Exclusion Social Assistance in Australia, Finland, Sweden and the United Kingdom
Author: OECDPublisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN: 9264162259
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
This book examines the performance of social assistance policies in four countries with similar per capita incomes: Australia, Finland, Sweden and the United Kingdom.
The Battle Against Exclusion
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Languages : en
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This report examines the performance of social assistance policies and practices in these four countries.
The Battle Against Exclusion
Author: The Battle against Exclusion Social Assistance in Belgium, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands and Norway
Author: OECDPublisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN: 9264012036
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Institutions whose goal is to help those at the margins have been a feature of social life for centuries. Today, social assistance institutions have integration and encouragement as their goal. They seek to avoid exclusion and stigmatisation ...
The Battle against Exclusion Social Assistance in Canada and Switzerland
Author: OECDPublisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN: 9264173978
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
This book compares social assistance policies in four Canadian provinces -- Alberta, New Brunswick, Ontario and Saskatchewan -- and four Swiss cantons -- Graubünden, Ticino, Vaud and Zürich.
Connecting People with Jobs Activation Policies in the United Kingdom
Author: OECDPublisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN: 9264217185
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Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
This report examines recent activation policies in the United Kingdom aimed at moving people back into work. It offers insight into how countries can improve the effectiveness of their employment services and also control spending on benefits.
Benefits and Wages 2004 OECD Indicators
Author: OECDPublisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN: 9264015175
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Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
The 2004 edition of OECD Benefits and Wages provides results for 2001 and 2002. Unemployment and related welfare benefits help prevent those without work from falling into poverty but can at the same time reduce the incentive to work; this is one of the main dilemmas of social policy.
The Battle Against Exclusion
Author: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and DevelopmentPublisher: OECD Publishing
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Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
This book examines the performance of social assistance policies in four countries with similar per capita incomes: Australia, Finland, Sweden and the United Kingdom.
Using Social Benefits to Combat Poverty and Social Exclusion
Author: Matti HeikkiläPublisher: Council of Europe
ISBN: 9789287149374
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
This volume explores the nature and scope of the problem of poverty, examines the political responses to poverty (examples of different countries); and investigates the existence and use of various definitions and thresholds applied to poverty in policy making . It also examines the variations within income transfers, i.e. social benefits designed to prevent or alleviate poverty and material hardship and explores the effectiveness of benefit schemes in reducing poverty.--Publisher's description.