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.

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Other Authors: Deeming, Christopher (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Bristol : Policy Press, 2020.
Series:Research in comparative & global social policy.
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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 8 |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 8 |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 8 |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 
504 |a References -- 6 Measuring needs and setting standards in Singapore -- Introduction -- Income security and policy making -- MIS process and adaptations -- Definition and principles of MIS -- Basic needs beyond survival -- Life course needs and health concerns -- Emotional needs, autonomy and belonging -- Social participation -- MIS for older people in Singapore -- A new policy direction -- Notes -- References -- 7 A South African pilot of the Minimum Income Standards approach -- Introduction: what was the purpose of the South African Minimum Income Standards pilot study? 
500 |a What challenges were encountered in applying MIS in South Africa? 
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546 |a In English. 
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