Cash Benefits for Families with Children in Poverty in Europe and in the Republic of Serbia – Characteristics and Outcomes of Programs of Child Allowances Cover Image

Novčane naknade za siromašne porodice sa decom u Evropi i Republici Srbiji – karakteristike i ishodi programa dečijih dodataka
Cash Benefits for Families with Children in Poverty in Europe and in the Republic of Serbia – Characteristics and Outcomes of Programs of Child Allowances

Author(s): Jelena Tanasijević, Suzana Mihajlović Babić
Subject(s): Family and social welfare, Welfare services
Published by: Fakultet političkih nauka Univerziteta u Beogradu
Keywords: cash benefits; poverty; child allowance; reform; Republic of Serbia

Summary/Abstract: The policy of supporting families with children is a significant segment of social security systems in the European countries. despite their focus on the different aims, these policies have in common the redefinition of exi sting measures and programs, especially taking into account new social ri sks and provoking demographic and economic changes. The subject of this paper is the response of family supporting policies to the rising poverty and social exclusion of children in the European context, with a special focus on the program of poor families support in the Republic of Serbia. This paper presents programs of child allowances in the countries of Europe, compa ring characteristics and outcomes of these cash benefits with those in the Republic of Serbia. Findings indicate the need to reform current program of child allowances in the Republic of Serbia, with the possibility of implemen ting reform practices from Europe.

  • Issue Year: 12/2018
  • Issue No: 19
  • Page Range: 89-105
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Serbian