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

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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.
Temas:
Minimum wage.
Budget.
Basic income.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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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