At the Margins of the Welfare State: Social Assistance and the Alleviation of Poverty in Germany, Sweden, and the United KingdomThe persistence of poverty in advanced welfare states casts doubt on the fundamental operating procedures of income distribution and redistribution. What are the reasons for this apparent failure of the welfare state in alleviating poverty? Why are some countries more effective than others in this respect and what can explain these variations in effectiveness? |
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... claimants are supposed to be dealt with through loans . Claimants may receive ' crisis loans ' to cover emergen- cies and ' budgeting loans ' for larger purchases . Only one third of the fund's expenditure is paid as a grant whereas two ...
... claimants are supposed to be dealt with through loans . Claimants may receive ' crisis loans ' to cover emergen- cies and ' budgeting loans ' for larger purchases . Only one third of the fund's expenditure is paid as a grant whereas two ...
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... claimants , control of claimants ' compliance , and possibly a review process . Problems of non - take up are assumed to be small if the processing of claims is relatively easy , transparent and non - stigmatizing for claimants , and if ...
... claimants , control of claimants ' compliance , and possibly a review process . Problems of non - take up are assumed to be small if the processing of claims is relatively easy , transparent and non - stigmatizing for claimants , and if ...
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... claimants than in Britain . The effect of a high intensity of contact is ambiguous , how- ever . On the one hand , some claimants may hesitate to claim the full benefit they are entitled to if they perceive administrative procedures as ...
... claimants than in Britain . The effect of a high intensity of contact is ambiguous , how- ever . On the one hand , some claimants may hesitate to claim the full benefit they are entitled to if they perceive administrative procedures as ...
Contents
Terminology | 9 |
Welfare State Efforts and the Alleviation of Poverty | 25 |
Chapter 4 | 32 |
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50 per cent addition administrative alleviation of poverty allowance assessment assis asylum seekers Britain British calculations cent of median claim social assistance claimants couple 35 CPAG Eardley East Germany elderly eligibility erty extreme poverty Figure Germany and Sweden groups GSOEP higher housing benefit housing costs impact income poverty income support institutional level of social living means-tested benefits means-tested transfers median income methodological minimum income schemes model households moderate poverty municipalities non-take-up OECD equivalence scale one-off benefits payments pension poor population poverty alleviation poverty bracket poverty gap poverty line poverty rates poverty research purchasing power parities recipient rates recipients of social redistribution relative poverty sample severe poverty single parent 35 social assistance benefits social assistance entitlements social assistance office social assistance schemes social fund social insurance social security standard benefit rates stigmatization survey Swedish tance three countries tion United Kingdom variation welfare whereas