From Unemployment Insurance to Assistance in interwar Britain

From Unemployment Insurance to Assistance in interwar Britain

This paper traces the development of state financial provision for unemployed people in Britain in the period of persistently high unemployment between the First and Second World Wars; the measures taken to extend the duration of unemployment benefit entitlement beyond the period justified by contri...

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Published in:The journal of poverty and social justice : research, policy, practice policy, practice, 2011-10, Vol.19 (3), p.221-233
Main Author: Lynes, Tony
Format: Article
Language:eng
Subjects:
Development strategies
Economic development
Entitlement
Evaluation
Great Britain
Insurance
Interwar years
Means Test
Means testing
National assessment
Needs assessment
Political history
Public finance
Social policy
Social security
Social welfare
Unemployed people
Unemployment
Unemployment Assistance
Unemployment benefits
Unemployment Insurance
United Kingdom
War
Welfare
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Summary:This paper traces the development of state financial provision for unemployed people in Britain in the period of persistently high unemployment between the First and Second World Wars; the measures taken to extend the duration of unemployment benefit entitlement beyond the period justified by contributions, undermining the finances of the insurance scheme and leading to the creation of a separate system of means-tested assistance; and the problems encountered in introducing such a system based on a uniform national assessment of needs.
ISSN:1759-8273
1759-8281