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Family policy and a social incomes policy: The case of the single‐parent allowance in France

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From the outset, French family policy has vacillated between several objectives: defending the institution of the family, encouraging childbirth and reducing social inequalities. In the current context of social policy, certain family allowances take on the appearance of veritable social incomes policy measures. Children, in the same way as loss of employment or disablement, give rise to entitlement to social solidarity. This paper will examine the case of the single‐parent allowance, introduced in France in 1976, and will place it in the context of “minimum social incomes”, taken to mean those that afford a modicum of self‐respect, rather than being mere subsistence incomes.

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  • Michel Messu, 1992. "Family policy and a social incomes policy: The case of the single‐parent allowance in France," International Social Security Review, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 45(3), pages 71-82, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:intssr:v:45:y:1992:i:3:p:71-82
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-246X.1992.tb00343.x
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