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Eroding minimum income protection in the Nordic countries?

Year: 2011

Type: book-chapter

Abstract: This chapter compares trends in the means-tested minimum income schemes in the four Nordic countries with those in Germany, the Netherlands and the UK over two decades. The chapter challenges the conventional picture of Nordic minimum-income amounting to a small proportion of the overall income protection provided as being generous and able to alleviate poverty to those who receive it. The study shows that the capacity of minimum-income schemes to protect recipients against poverty has been weakened, because of insufficient upgrading for keeping pace with general increases in earnings.

Source: Policy Press eBooks

DOI: 10.51952/9781847426611.ch004

Authors: Susan Kuivalainen, Kenneth Nelson

Language: English

Topic: Social Policy and Reform Studies

Subfield: Political Science and International Relations

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: No poverty, Reduced inequalities, Decent work and economic growth

Open Access status: hybrid

OpenAlex ID: W643143144

FWCI: 36.38

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Cited by: 37

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