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WELFARE TRANSFER [3 records]

Record 1 2013-06-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Security and Employment Insurance
  • Saving and Consumption
CONT

Electronic benefits transfer uses debit cards to deliver cash and in-kind government-funded benefits such as food stamps, welfare and social security to individuals.

Key term(s)
  • electronic benefit transfer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité sociale et assurance-emploi
  • Épargne et consommation
CONT

Le transfert électronique de prestations est une méthode de distribution des allocations (p. ex., sécurité sociale) et des prestations en nature (p. ex., coupons d’alimentation) utilisant les cartes de débit.

Spanish

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Record 2 1981-02-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Planning
OBS

Payments are made to veterans, old people, the handicapped, pensioned workers and their families, and unemployed people. This category of "transfer expenditure" deserves further discussion. Because of it the modern mixed economy system is sometimes called the "welfare state".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Planification économique

Spanish

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Record 3 1981-02-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pricing Theory
OBS

The state also spends on welfare transfers, which go to particular individuals in the community for them to spend on their private needs and wants.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie des prix

Spanish

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