The National Social Assistance Program (NSAP) was launched in 1995 with the objective of supporting minimum needs of poor, below boverty line households. Currently, the scheme comprises of: a) Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme (IGNOAPS), b) Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension Scheme...

The fallout from the global economic downturn of 2008-09 is a continuing source of stress on families and a constraint on government policies. How can social policies contribute to a quick and equitable recovery from the crisis and how can they best respond to the difficulties that households...

This paper investigates the role of exposure to technological risk in shaping social policy preferences, specifically on support for universal basic income and means-tested generalised minimum income. Evidence is provided for Italy, to exploit the availability of high-quality data, allowing...