Social Policy Trends: Reindexation of Social Assistance Incomes

Authors

  • Ronald Kneebone University of Calgary

Abstract

During periods of inflation, wage earners hope their incomes will rise to keep up with prices. Families reliant on social assistance must hope governments will choose to adjust their incomes to account for inflation. They often don’t.

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Published

2022-12-15

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