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Income transfer programmes are a fundamental component of the welfare state in most, if not all, advanced Western societies. We know this from the proportion of government budgets devoted to such programmes; from their primary role in the establishment and subsequent development of the welfare state; and from the universal impact that social security and taxation have on the economic well-being of families and individuals (Mitchell, 1991, p. 1).
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McKay, A. (1998). Social Security Policy. In: Ellison, N., Pierson, C. (eds) Developments in British Social Policy. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-26638-8_8
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