The last safety net; Contents; List of tables and figures; List of abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Minimum income protection in the welfare state; Comparative research on MIP systems; Plan of the book; 1. Defining and measuring minimum income protection; Defining MIP; Data; 2. Welfare state contexts; Introduction; Unemployment protection; Old-age security; Family policy; Conclusions; 3. Country analyses; Austria; Belgium; The Czech Republic; Denmark; Finland; France; Germany; Hungary; Ireland; Italy; The Netherlands; Poland; Portugal; Slovakia; Spain; Sweden; United Kingdom
4. Comparative analysesBenefit levels; Beneficiaries; Expenditure; Categorical differentiation; Clustering MIP schemes; Conclusion; Comparative patterns of MIP systems; Changes over time; The impact of the crisis on MIP; Bibliography; Index
Summary
This book provides a systematic comparative and longitudinal analysis of minimum income protection systems in 17 EU-countries based on a newly developed dataset
