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Minimum Income Standards and Reference Budgets : International and Comparative Policy Perspectives

Research into minimum income standards and reference budgets around the world is compared in this illuminating collection from leading academics in the field.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Deeming, Christopher
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol : Policy Press, 2020.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Front Cover -- Half-title -- Series -- Minimum Income Standards and Reference Budgets: International and Comparative Policy Perspectives -- Copyright information -- Table of contents -- List of tables and figures -- List of contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Preface from the series editors -- Foreword -- Part I Introduction -- 1 An introduction to minimum income standards and reference budgets: international and comparative policy perspectives -- Introduction -- The long view -- The modern era -- The scope of the volume -- Notes -- References -- Part II Case studies 
505 0 |a 2 From normative budget standards to consensual minimum income standards in the UK -- Rediscovering budget standards methods -- Consensual minimum income standards -- Notes -- References -- 3 Minimum Essential Standards of Living research in Ireland -- Aims of the research and stages of development -- Low Cost but Acceptable (LCA) budget living standards -- Consensual Budget Standards (CBS) -- Initial theoretical and conceptual framework -- Methodology -- Focus groups -- 1. Orientation phase -- 2. Task phase -- 3. The costing phase -- 4. Check back phase -- Policy context -- Research findings 
505 0 |a Impact and influences on policy and practice -- MESL analysis and policy recommendations -- Additional applications of the MESL research -- Irish insolvency service -- Living wage -- Food costs -- Disability and visual impairment -- Energy poverty -- Childcare -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 4 The French experience of reference budgets -- Introduction -- Objectives of the research and historical background -- The theoretical background and the conceptual framework -- Key methodological issues -- Main research findings and related policy issues -- Notes -- References 
505 0 |a 5 Minimum income research in Japan: its development and political implications -- The inception and motivation for Minimum Living Standard research in Japan -- The Public Assistance programme and the MLS -- History of the MLS -- Current method of MLS -- Motivation for MIS research -- MIS Japan -- What do the public think about minimum standard of living? -- The concept of 'basic standard of living' -- MIS estimates -- The MIS estimate against actual consumption -- Discussion: the difference between MIS and Public Assistance MLS -- Impacts and influences of MIS research in Japan -- Notes 
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