Finland Income Security Classified as Welfare
View of Turku (Abo), Finland's third largest city, with the
Aura River in the foreground; in the background, Turku Cathedral
Courtesy Embassy of Finland, Washington
In addition to the above benefits that were classified
as
income security in the form of social insurance, there
were
income security programs classified as welfare. One of the
differences between the two classes of social programs was
that
the welfare measures were financed mostly through taxes,
whereas
social insurance programs were paid for by employers and
employees. This second category of income security also
consisted
of payments to those eligible. The most important and
expensive
class of these benefits involved payments to families with
children. Other programs assisted those who had suffered
war
injuries and their dependents, provided financial aid to
those
called up for military service and to their families, made
payments to the handicapped that helped them earn their
living,
and provided living allowances that were the last resort
of those
unable to earn their way.
Data as of December 1988
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