Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0
Author-Name: Elena I. Andreeva
Author-Email: andreeva@nifi.ru
Author-Workplace-Name: Finance Research Institute, Moscow 127006, Russia
Author-Name: Dmitry G. Bychkov
Author-Email: bychkov@nifi.ru
Author-Workplace-Name: Finance Research Institute, Moscow 127006, Russia
Title: Introducing the Universal Minimum Income Support in Russia: The Cost of the Transition
Abstract: The present paper discusses certain aspects of the proposed concept of introducing universal minimum income support. This paper also presents the estimated amount of funding which is required to close the income gap of all households whose incomes fall below the poverty line for a full transition to a Universal Minimum Income Support system. This amount is compared with the cost of the existing social benefits financed from the budget, including targeted ones.
Classification-JEL: I38, I39, H53, H75
Keywords: social support, social benefits, targeting principle, criteria of neediness, optimization of social support
Journal: Finansovyj žhurnal — Financial Journal
Pages: 71-80
Issue: 6
Year: 2016
Month: December
File-URL: http://www.nifi.ru/images/FILES/Journal/Archive/2016/6/Statii/fm_2016_6_06.pdf
File-Format: Application/pdf
Handle: RePEc:fru:finjrn:160606:p:71-80