Im schweizerischen System der sozialen Sicherheit stellt die Sozialhilfe das letzte Auffangnetz dar. Es gibt in der Schweiz zahlreiche weitere bedarfsabhängige Sozialleistungen, die der Sozialhilfe vorgelagert sind und diese entlasten. Bezüglich Anzahl und Art dieser Sozialleistungen gibt es...

"This innovative book provides the first in-depth analysis of participatory income and its potential role in countering endemic poverty and unemployment in high-income countries. Heikki Hiilamo reviews the concept of basic income and specific basic income experiments before presenting...

"Combining theoretical and practical aspects of policy analysis, this book evaluates actual and proposed policy reforms to income tax and transfer systems, using a behavioural tax microsimulation model. It highlights how these models allow for the full details of tax systems and the considerable...

In Fiscal Policy and Social Welfare John Creedy examines alternative tax and transfer systems and their redistributive effects. Drawing on original research, this volume concentrates on modelling tax structures and their implications for social welfare and income distribution. After reviewing...