Herwig Immervoll
@herwigsocial.bsky.social
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Minimum-income support & related benefits are meant as a lifeline, or an income 'floor', in situations of acute economic need. But are they? We find big differences in scope and reach in a new empirical study across 14 OECD countries ➡️ lnkd.in/eC3Xjq_2
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This graph on what happens at the bottom of income distributions (poorest 10%) is shocking.

#socialprotection can be *all* that people got (and it's 60% of their income on avg).

And many of those people *contribute* financially to it.

Hyee @herwigsocial.bsky.social et al
docs.iza.org/dp17477.pdf

Ha, new platforms are refreshingly equalising