Minimum income protection in the austerity tide

IZA Journal of European Labor Studies

Table 3 Countries introducing measures with a negative effect on dimensions of social citizenship

	Generosity		Access^a	Conditionality
	Minimum income benefit	Additional allowances
2008			BG	FR UK
2009	CZ PL^ix	EE^cb LV^cb BG ^heat	LT^cb,b LV HU ^heat,b	FR ^R HU ^R NL UK
2010	IE IT PT ^R RO^ix SI^ix SK^ix	IE^cb PT^cb	HU LT^cb,b PT ^R AT^cc,b IE^cb	AT BG FI PT ^R RO UK
2011	DE^ix ES^cap IE PT^ix RO^ix SE^ix SK^ix UK^ix	AT^cb IE^cb UK^cb HU ^heat	AT^cb CZ^cb RO^mip,heat,b	BG HU SI
Start 2012	ES^ix HU IT LT ^R PT^ix RO ^R SI ^R SK^ix NL	CZ^cb IE^cb IT^ha SI^oth UK^ha,cb	IT^ha RO SI ^R ES LV	NL ^R UK

Changes in heating allowance are indicated in italics.
DK, LU: n.a. Source: CSB-MIPI Version 3/2013 (Van Mechelen 2011)
cb child-related measure, heat heating allowance, ha housing allowance, oth other, R reform of minimum income scheme, mip minimum income protection, cap benefit cap, ix indexation
^aOnly mentioned where respondent notes actual change
^bActual impact on minimum income recipients depends on specific situation and interaction with means test for minimum income protection. Changes to the income threshold/means test for the particular benefit mentioned