Universality and Selectivity in Income Support: An Assessment of the Issues

ISBN-13: 9781138390294 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 160 str.

Sheila Shaver

Opis

First published in 1997, this report examines the classic social policy question of whether pensions should be paid only to those with relatively few other resources, so that scarce funds go to the people who need them most, or whether it is more just, and pensions are more willingly funded, when everyone can expect to get one in their turn.

Spis treści

1. Universality and Selectivity: a Review of the Issues. 2. Universality and Selectivity in Income Support to the Aged. 3. Outcomes of Universality and Selectivity in the Incomes of the Aged. 4. Universality, Selectivity and Public Attitudes Towards Income Support for the Aged. George Matheson. 5. The Australian Age Pension: Has Targeting Gone Too Far? 6. Conclusion.

O autorze

Sheila Shaver- Professor of Social Policy, Social Policy Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Australia