Christopher Deeming 
Minimum Income Standards and Reference Budgets [EPUB ebook] 
International and Comparative Policy Perspectives

Foreword ~ John Veit-Wilson

Part I: Introduction

An introduction to minimum income standards and reference budgets: International and comparative policy perspectives ~ Christopher Deeming

Part II: Case Studies

From normative budget standards to consensual minimum income standards in the UK ~ Jonathan Bradshaw

Minimum Essential Standards of Living research in Ireland ~ Bernadette Mac Mahon and Robert Thornton

The French experience of reference budgets ~ Pierre Concialdi

Minimum income research in Japan: its development and political implications ~ Aya K. Abe

Measuring needs and setting standards in Singapore ~ Kok-Hoe Ng, Yu-Wei Neo, Youyenn Teo, Ad Maulod and Yi-Ting Ting

A South African pilot of the Minimum Income Standards approach ~ Gemma Wright, Matt Padley and Wanga Zembe-Mkabile

Reference budgets as tools for everyday life, evaluation and policymaking in Finland ~ Anna-Riitta Lehtinen and Kristiina Aalto

Belgian reference budgets for social participation and there use for policy purposes ~ Bérénice Storms

The development, value and application of budget standards: reflecting on the Australian experience ~ Peter Saunders

Estimating the cost of raising a child in Catalonia through the reference budgets approach ~ Irene Cussó-Parcerisas, Elena Carrillo Álvarez and Jordi Riera Romaní

Measuring poverty in the Netherlands: the generalised reference budget approach ~ J. Cok Vrooman, Benedikt Goderis, Stella Hoff and Bart van Hulst

The Norwegian reference budget ~ Marthe Hårvik Austgulen and Elling Borgeraas

Minimum budgets for Danish families ~ Jens Bonke and Anders Eiler Wiese Christensen

The Swedish Consumer Agency’s calculations of reference values for some of the most common household expense categories ~ Malin Lindquist Skogar and Ingrid Eriksson

Part III: Cross-national and comparative perspectives;

The Slovenian experience with three methods for defining the minimum income ~ Nada Stropnik

Applying the Minimum Income Standard in diverse national contexts ~ Matt Padley and Abigail Davis

The steep and winding road to comparable reference budgets in Europe ~ Tim Goedemé

Adequate income in Portugal: a comparison of two estimation methods ~ José A. Pereirinha, Elvira Pereira, Francisco Branco, Dália Costa and Inês Amaro

Part IV: Policy and practice

Basic needs budgets in policy and practice ~ Gordon M. Fisher

Establishing a national standard: the role of the UK’s Minimum Income Standard in policy and practice ~ Donald Hirsch

Minimum Income Standards in the Basic Income debate ~ Malcolm Torry

Part V: Conclusions

Minimum income standards and reference budgets: past, present, future? ~ Christopher Deeming.