Assessing the Impact of Indonesian Social Safety Net Programmes on Household Welfare and Poverty Dynamics

2005 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 155-177 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sudarno Sumarto ◽  
Asep Suryahadi ◽  
Wenefrida Widyanti
Keyword(s):  
Safety Net ◽  
Household Welfare ◽  
Poverty Dynamics ◽  
Social Safety Net ◽  
Welfare And Poverty ◽  
The Impact

Caught in the Net: The Impact of Changes to Canadian Employment Insurance Legislation on Part-time Workers

2003 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norene Pupo ◽  
Ann Duffy
Keyword(s):  
Labour Force ◽  
Safety Net ◽  
Social Safety Net ◽  
Employment Insurance ◽  
The Social ◽  
Canadian Context ◽  
Insurance Programme ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Industrialised Countries ◽  
The Impact

Throughout Western highly industrialised countries, there has been a marked shift toward more conservative social policies signalling a dismantling of the welfare state as part of the process of globalisation. This paper examines the aetiology of the (un)employment insurance programme in the Canadian context. Recently, legislators have tightened eligibility rules, lowered earnings replacement rates and altered coverage requirements. While these changes signal a shredding of the social safety net, they differentially impact on certain segments of the population. Despite official pronouncements of fairness, employment insurance changes intensify the subordination women experience in the paid labour force.

scholarly journals Heterogeneity in the Impact of Economic Cycles and the Great Recession: Effects within and across the Income Distribution

2015 ◽  
Vol 105 (5) ◽  
pp. 154-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marianne Bitler ◽  
Hilary Hoynes
Keyword(s):  
Great Recession ◽  
Safety Net ◽  
Family Type ◽  
Social Safety Net ◽  
Demographic Groups ◽  
Economic Cycles ◽  
The Great Recession ◽  
The Social ◽  
Race Ethnicity ◽  
The Impact

In this paper, we examine the effects of economic cycles on low-to moderate-income families. We use variation across states and over time to estimate the effects of cycles on the distribution of income, using fine gradations of the household income-to-poverty ratio. We also explore how the effects of cycles affect the risk of falling into poverty across demographic groups, focusing on age, race/ethnicity, and family type. We conclude by testing to see whether these relationships have changed in the Great Recession. We discuss the results in light of the changes in the social safety net in recent decades.

scholarly journals Measurement of Zakat Impact on Baitul Maal Hidayatullah: Evidence from Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Abdullah Alkhosik Fathoni ◽  
Efri Syamsul Bahri ◽  
Mustafa Kamal
Keyword(s):  
Social Welfare ◽  
Poverty Alleviation ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Household Welfare ◽  
The Third ◽  
Welfare And Poverty ◽  
Index Value ◽  
Welfare Index ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Economic Studies

<p><em>Zakat is the third pillar of Islam that must be fulfilled by every Muslim who has a sufficient amount of zakat. The purpose of zakat management is to increase the benefits of zakat in creating social welfare and poverty alleviation. This study aims to measure the impact of zakat on the welfare of mustahiq using the Center of Islamic Business and Economic Studies (CIBEST) model. The research sample consisted of mustahiq households who received zakat funds from the Baitul Maal Hidayatullah Amil Zakat Institute (LAZ BMH). Measuring the impact of zakat using the CIBEST model includes both material and spiritual aspects. </em><em>The </em><em>primary data were collected using a questionnaire. The results of the study found that the mustahiq household welfare index value increased by 11.5 per cent. In terms of material, productive zakat succeeded in reducing material poverty by 11.5 per cent</em><em>. However, the zakat assistance provided </em><em>does not have a significant effect on poverty alleviation. In the spiritual aspect, productive zakat can maintain mustahiq's spiritual stability. Therefore, as a form of accountability</em><em>, both vertically and horizontally, to </em><em>Allah SWT, the impact of zakat must be increased from both material and spiritual aspects</em><em>.</em></p>

scholarly journals A Social Safety Net: Developing a Model of Social-Support Figures as Prepared Safety Stimuli

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erica A. Hornstein ◽  
Naomi I. Eisenberger
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Safety Net ◽  
Fear Learning ◽  
Social Safety Net ◽  
Physical Health Outcomes ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Mental And Physical Health ◽  
Shed Light ◽  
Safety Signals ◽  
Improve Health

Although the presence of social-support figures (e.g., close friends and family members) is known to increase feelings of safety, reduce threat responses, and improve health, the route by which these effects occur is not well understood. One explanation is that social-support figures are members of a powerful category of safety signals—prepared safety stimuli. Here, we review research demonstrating that social-support figures act as prepared safety stimuli and explore the impact that these unique safety stimuli have on fear-learning processes. According to recent work, the presence of social-support figures both reduces fear acquisition and enhances fear extinction, ultimately decreasing perceptions of threat. These findings shed light on the route by which social support buffers against threat and illustrate the unique properties of prepared safety stimuli and how they might be used to improve mental and physical health outcomes.

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