Social Policy: Poverty Traps and Alternative Income Support Systems

1995 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 94-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. F. Lambert
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Support Systems ◽  
Poverty Traps ◽  
Income Support

scholarly journals The impact of income support systems on healthcare quality and functional capacity in workers with low back pain: a realist review

Pain ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 161 (12) ◽  
pp. 2690-2709
Author(s):  
Michael Di Donato ◽  
Ross Iles ◽  
Tyler Lane ◽  
Rachelle Buchbinder ◽  
Alex Collie
Keyword(s):  
Low Back Pain ◽  
Back Pain ◽  
Functional Capacity ◽  
Support Systems ◽  
Healthcare Quality ◽  
Realist Review ◽  
Low Back ◽  
Income Support ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals O4B.3 The impact of income support systems on healthcare quality and functional capacity in workers with LBP: a realist review

2019 ◽  
Vol 76 (Suppl 1) ◽  
pp. A34.3-A35
Author(s):  
Michael Di Donato ◽  
Ross Iles ◽  
Tyler Lane ◽  
Alex Collie
Keyword(s):  
Functional Capacity ◽  
Work Disability ◽  
Support Systems ◽  
Grey Literature ◽  
Healthcare Quality ◽  
Realist Review ◽  
Current Evidence ◽  
Income Support ◽  
Context Dependent ◽  
The Impact

BackgroundLow back pain (LBP) is a leading cause of work disability. While absent from work, workers with LBP may receive income support from a system such as workers’ compensation or social security. Current evidence suggests that income support systems can influence recovery from LBP, but provides little evidence as to why and how these effects occur. This study examines how and in what contexts income support systems impact the healthcare quality and functional capacity of people with work disability and LBP.MethodsWe performed a realist review, a type of literature review that seeks to explain how social interventions and phenomena in certain contexts generate outcomes, rather than simply whether or not they do. Five initial theories about the mechanisms of the relationship were developed, tested, and refined by acquiring and synthesising academic literature from purposive and iterative electronic database searching. This process was supplemented by grey literature searching for policy documents and legislative summaries, and semi-structured interviews with experts in income support, healthcare, and LBP.ResultsIncome support systems influence healthcare quality through healthcare funding restrictions, healthcare provider administrative burden, and allowing an employer to select healthcare providers. Income support systems influence worker functional capacity through the level of participation and share of income support funding required of employers, and through certain administrative procedures. These mechanisms are often exclusively context-dependent, and generate differing and unintended outcomes depending on features of the healthcare and income support system, as well as other contextual factors such as socioeconomic status and labour force composition.ConclusionIncome support systems impact the healthcare quality and functional capacity of people with work disability and LBP through context-dependent financial control, regulatory, and administrative mechanisms. Future policy design and research efforts should consider how income support systems may indirectly influence workers with LBP via the workplace.

The Politics of Supporting Low-Wage Workers and Families

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel P. Gitterman
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Minimum Wage ◽  
Income Tax ◽  
Social Insurance ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Income Support ◽  
Earned Income ◽  
Federal Minimum Wage ◽  
Hourly Basis

This chapter highlights two policies that supplement the earnings of low-wage workers: the federal minimum wage and the earned income tax credit (EITC). The need for earnings supplements arises in part from the nature of the jobs held by less-skilled, low-wage workers. Such jobs are likely to be compensated on an hourly basis, not salaried, and are less likely to be full time. A focus on the minimum wage and the EITC contributes to—and expands our understanding of—the American welfare state in two ways. First, it looks beyond social insurance and public assistance, which have been considered the main tools of social policy, to explore the importance of alternative antipoverty policies. Second, it moves beyond income support to nonworkers to focus on efforts to support individuals who areactivein the labor market.

scholarly journals ASSET-BASED APPROACH TO POVERTY REDUCTION IN LITHUANIA

2013 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 203-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Algimantas Laurinavičius ◽  
Birutė Galinienė
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Security Policy ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Income Support ◽  
Current Income ◽  
Savings Accounts ◽  
Poverty And Inequality ◽  
Capital Owner ◽  
New Form ◽  
Social Security Policy

This paper reviews the articles of Lithuanian authors on social policy topic and assesses if the asset-based policy topic was ever explored. It briefly analyses the efficiency of current social security policy in Lithuania and social-economical state of inhabitants. It states that in order to reduce poverty and inequality, current social policy should be reformed, and the current income support (or income security) policy should be replaced by the asset-based policy which stresses the development of skills, knowledge and capabilities, promotes savings, investments and building of assets and gives everyone a possibility to become a capital owner. The paper presents results of a representative survey which was aimed to explore Lithuanian inhabitants’ opinion towards the new form of social policy: asset-based policy. It uncovers that vast majority of Lithuania's inhabitants would agree to the implementation of the asset-based policy, based on children's savings accounts.

scholarly journals Same, same but different: A comparative study of the Swedish and German support systems for young victims of crime

2020 ◽  
pp. 147737082095268
Author(s):  
Sara Thunberg ◽  
Diana Willems ◽  
Annemarie Schmoll ◽  
Annalena Yngborn
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Young People ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Support Systems ◽  
Welfare States ◽  
Need Support ◽  
Welfare Systems ◽  
Victims Of Crime ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
Practical Implications

Sweden and Germany are often compared, which suggests that much can be learned from each country. One aspect that needs further investigation concerns support for young victims of crime. The study therefore compares the Swedish and German welfare systems’ handling of young victims who need support after victimization, to see what can be learned from each respective country. The comparisons make it clear that both countries’ support systems developed out of similar social movements in the 1970s. However, there are differences between the two welfare states’ approaches to supporting young people. The reasons for the similarities and differences are discussed, along with practical implications for social policy.

scholarly journals The Impact of Income Support Systems on Healthcare Quality and Functional Capacity in Workers with Low Back Pain: A Realist Review

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Di Donato ◽  
Ross Iles ◽  
Tyler Lane ◽  
Rachelle Buchbinder ◽  
Alex Collie
Keyword(s):  
Low Back Pain ◽  
Back Pain ◽  
Functional Capacity ◽  
Work Disability ◽  
Support Systems ◽  
Healthcare Quality ◽  
Realist Review ◽  
Low Back ◽  
Income Support ◽  
Context Dependent

ABSTRACTBackgroundLow back pain (LBP) is a leading cause of work disability. While absent from work, workers with LBP may receive income support from a system such as workers’ compensation or social security. Current evidence suggests that income support systems can influence recovery from LBP, but provides little insight as to why and how these effects occur. This study examines how and in what contexts income support systems impact the healthcare quality for people with work disability and LBP and their functional capacity.MethodsWe performed a realist review, a type of literature review that seeks to explain how social interventions and phenomena in certain contexts generate outcomes, rather than simply whether they do. Five initial theories about the relationship between income support systems and outcomes were developed, tested, and refined by acquiring and synthesising academic literature from purposive and iterative electronic database searching. This process was supplemented with grey literature searches for policy documents and legislative summaries, and semi-structured interviews with experts in income support, healthcare and LBP.ResultsIncome support systems influence healthcare quality through funding restrictions, healthcare provider administrative burden, and allowing employers to select providers. They also influence worker functional capacity through the level of participation and financial incentives for employers, measures to prove the validity of the worker’s LBP, and certain administrative procedures. These mechanisms are often exclusively context-dependent, and generate differing and unintended outcomes depending on features of the healthcare and income support system, as well as other contextual factors such as socioeconomic status and labour force composition.DiscussionIncome support systems impact the healthcare quality and functional capacity of people with work disability and LBP through context-dependent financial control, regulatory and administrative mechanisms. Research and policy design should consider how income support systems may indirectly influence workers with LBP via the workplace.

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