The Minimum Income Standard as a benchmark of a ‘participatory social minimum’
| Autor: | Abigail Davis, Matt Padley, Donald Hirsch |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
Public Administration
Sociology and Political Science Public economics Welfare economics 05 social sciences 0211 other engineering and technologies 021107 urban & regional planning Citizen journalism 02 engineering and technology 0506 political science Goods and services Benchmark (surveying) 050602 political science & public administration Economics Townsend |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Poverty and Social Justice. 26:19-34 |
| ISSN: | 1759-8281 1759-8273 |
| Popis: | The Minimum Income Standard (MIS), a method for constructing minimum household budgets based on public consensus, helps to operationalise Townsend's concept of a ‘participatory social minimum’. Since 2008 MIS has tracked changes in the contents and cost of minimum baskets of goods and services. The article reflects on aspects of this research: the living standard that MIS represents, how consensus is reached and its record of providing consistent results over time. Understanding these features allows policy makers, practitioners and analysts to use the results of MIS appropriately, alongside other research, to benchmark the success of measures to promote adequate incomes. |
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