The Last Safety Net: A Handbook of Minimum Income Protection in Europe

by Thomas Bahle, Michaela Pfeifer, Vanessa Hubl

Minimum income protection provides the last social safety net for people in need. The book provides a systematic comparative and longitudinal analysis of minimum income protection systems in 17 EU countries based on a newly developed dataset. Country-specific chapters providing institutional overviews are combined with comparative quantitative indicators on issues such as benefit levels, expenditures and beneficiaries. The book will be of major interest...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1847427251
• ISBN13: 9781847427250
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Policy Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.7" x 9.5"