Paradigm Reform for the Czech Family Benefits and Credits
Paradigm Reform for the Czech Family Benefits and Credits

Author(s): Jaroslav Vostatek
Subject(s): Government/Political systems, Welfare systems, Family and social welfare, Fiscal Politics / Budgeting, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: child benefit ; child tax credit; parental benefit ; welfare regime ; full-day preschool;
Summary/Abstract: While many authors focus on the submission of partial improvements of the Czech family policy, insufficient attention has been devoted to the family policy system as a whole. In the Czech political scene, there is an increasing tendency towards simple political marketing. However, social policy theory should focus on analysing family policy, particularly via the application of (liberal, Christian-democratic, socialdemocratic and neoliberal) welfare regimes. The optimal approach for individual countries is to focus on one of these models, thus allowing for the reaping of the various synergy benefits of the application of one coherent model. From this point of view, the Czech socio-economic system is based on somewhat unstable foundations, in comparison e.g. to Germany or Sweden. The paper focuses on Czech family benefits and credits and on their restructuring via the application of OECD and EU recommendations.

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