Format:
1 online resource (92 pages)
ISBN:
9780821371602
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9780821371596
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0821371592
Series Statement:
World Bank Working Paper
Content:
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 relatively well targeted, with between 30 and 60 percent of resources going to the poorest quintile of the population. For those who receive them, benefits can make up as much as 37 percent of average consumption of the poor.
Content:
Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Executive Summary -- 1. Introduction -- Social Assistance in the EU8 -- Social Assistance and the Lisbon Social Inclusion Process -- Scope of this Report -- Data and Methodology -- 2. The Context: Poverty and Social Exclusion in the EU8 -- Poverty and Social Exclusion -- Implications for Safety Nets -- 3. Social Protection in the New Member States -- Social Protection Expenditures and Financing -- 4. Performance and Effectiveness -- Coverage: How Many People Receive Social Protection? -- Targeting: Does Social Assistance Reach the Poor? -- Adequacy: Does Social Protection Alleviate Poverty? -- 5. Design of Social Assistance Programs -- Administration of Targeted Benefits -- Decentralization -- Labor Market Incentives -- 6. Making Work Pay: Work and Social Protection -- Unemployment Traps -- In-Work Benefits -- 7. Conclusions -- Appendixes -- A: Family Benefits in Hungary -- B: Methodology: The Consumption Aggregate -- References -- List of Tables -- 1. Poverty Rates in Comparison -- 2. Summary of Household Budget Surveys -- 3. Poverty Rates in Comparison -- 4. Key Labor Market Indicators in the EU8 Countries -- 5. Estimated Roma Populations in the EU8 -- 6. Distribution of Benefits by Quintile (contributory and non-contributory benefits), 2004 -- 7. Marginal Effective Tax Rates for Various Types of Households in the EU8 Countries in 2004 (percent) -- A.1. Expenditure on Family (Maternity and Child) Benefits (millions of Hungarian forints) -- A.2. Social Protection Spending in the EU8, 2003 -- A.3. Minimum Income Guarantee Programs (percent of GDP) -- A.4. Minimum Income Guarantee Programs, Beneficiaries (percent of population) -- A.5. Spending on Child Benefits (percent of GDP) -- A.6. Coverage of Child Allowances (percent of population receiving).
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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;
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780821371596
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780821371596
Language:
English
