1st Edition
Delivering Benefits in Old Age The Take up of the Minimum Income Guarantee
By Paul Dornan
Copyright 2006
253 Pages
by
Routledge
253 Pages
by
Routledge
253 Pages
by
Routledge
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Although means-testing for Social Security transfers is economical, it hasn't proven to be very effective. The Minimum Income Guarantee (MIG) and the Pension Credit initiatives implemented by the Labour Government in the UK have both suffered from low levels of take up amongst entitled pensioners. This book sheds important new light on this pressing problem, examining existing research on take-up... Read more
Contents: Introduction; Research on take up: a review; The pensioner population; The New Labour pensions settlement; Modelling take up; Dynamic analysis of take up: an exploratory analysis; The impact of additional income on consumption; Conclusions; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Paul Dornan
