Living Standards Measurements Study - Serbia 2002 - 2007

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households, around one sixth are three-member households, ten percent are two-member households and only 5.3 percent are single member households. In relation to actual benefits five-member household are large recipients of child allowance (23.2 percent). These benefits are paid from the Republic budget. In accordance with the law, the Ministry with jurisdiction over social issues monitors the work of Centres for Social Work (CSW) that implements these programs. The aim is that, as much as possible, these programs represent state support for the development of children (fines are imposed for inappropriate spending and bad quality work). Table 6.1. Households receiving benefits (percent) LSMS 2002 and 2007 Benefit Type Total LSMS 2002 LSMS 2007 Below poverty line First quintile Above poverty line Total Below poverty line First quintile Above poverty line Number of households receiving benefits 2 435 251 475 2 184 738 111 248 627 Percentage of whole sample Attendance and assistance allowance 1.7 3.3 2.9 1.5 3.1 7.2 5.5 2.9 Veterans and disabled veterans allowance 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.7 0.4 0.3 Allowance for civilian victims of war 0.0 - - 0.1 0.1 - - 0.1 Family allowance (“MOP“) 1.1 4.7 3.2 0.7 1.4 8.6 4.2 1.0 Humanitarian aid 3.4 8.8 7.3 2.8 0.2 0.5 0.2 0.1 One-time municipal cash subsidy 0.5 1.3 0.9 0.4 0.1 0.5 0.4 0.1 Child allowance 10.1 14.4 14.1 9.5 8.2 18.7 13.5 7.5 Parents (maternity) allowance 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 Alimony 0.6 0.1 0.2 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.6 Table 6.2. Average monthly amounts from benefits per household (dinar) Type of program Total LSMS 2002 LSMS 2007 Below poverty line First quintile Above poverty line Total Below poverty line First quintile Above poverty line Attendance and assistance allowance 2514 2200 2166 2595 6808 5504 6182 7021 Veterans and disabled veterans allowance 3208 500 1234 3441 6811 3503 4326 7243 Allowance for civil victims of war 3 1523 1523 45179 45379 Family allowance (“MOP“) 2761 3310 3045 2341 5112 4569 4527 5426 Humanitarian aid 1039 1011 1018 1049 4107 4396 4270 4045 One-off municipal cash subsidy 1462 1062 1154 1601 3629 2313 2940 4037 Child allowance 1450 1639 1589 1417 2889 3420 3241 2803 Parents (maternity) allowance 1303 1060 2854 1310 8571 6085 6393 8697 Alimony 3655 1020 1589 3724 5260 5504 6182 7021 72 Living Standards Measurements Study - Serbia 2002 - 2007
6.1.4. Amounts of benefit received Examining the average amounts of benefits received in 2007 compared to 2002, it is clear that there was an increase in all benefits but at different rates. The largest increases in amounts were in parents allowance, alimony, veterans and disabled veterans allowance and humanitarian aid. For humanitarian aid there was an increase in the amount per household but a decline in the number of households that received it demonstrating increased efficiency as it was directed only to people who really needed help. The amount of child allowance doubled for all beneficiaries. Attendance and assistance allowance increased by 2.7 times on average. One-off municipal cash subsidies and MOP are not received on a continuous basis. For some benefits the amounts received are higher for households above the poverty line than those below it. This is the case for attendance and assistance allowance and MOP (in 2007) and onetime municipal cash subsidies (in both 2002 and 2007). This could be explained by the following: • In 2006 the Law on Social Welfare introduced the right to increased attendance and assistance allowance for some levels of disability. The additional funds are based on 70 percent of the average monthly net income of that household. People who receive pension and disability insurance also have the right to this increased allowance. In their case, the amount is equal to the difference between the allowance they receive through pension and disability insurance and the amount of attendance and assistance allowance. • In relation to MOP, the regulations of the Law on Social Welfare and Social Welfare Provision of Citizens (Article 12a), provide benefits to a family member who is unable to work, if, as the owner of property, they entail the CSW to sell or lease their property (or part of it) and receive funds from this source. Or they entail the property, without receiving payment, to the Republic. In the latter case, the CSW signs a contract with the individual, and the funds received from the sale, or lease of the property, are used to provide financial support of the beneficiary whose property has been sold or leased, in accordance with the contract. 6.1.5. Targeting and efficiency of the benefit system Results from 2002 and 2007 show that, on the whole, social benefits were primarily targeted towards poor households. Social assistance programs mostly covered households living below the poverty line in both years. Graph 6.1. Targeting of benefits by poverty thresholds Below the poverty line Poorest quintile Above the poverty line 16.2% 13.2% 2002 2007 29.1% 25.1% 33.1% 37.2% Benefits were better targeted in 2007 compared to 2002. Benefits were received by more (37.2 percent) of households living below the poverty line in 2007 compared to 2002 (33.1 percent). The poorest quintile (containing 20% of the distribution, quite a lot more than the 6.6% living below the poverty line) shows a small reduction in the proportion receiving benefits, suggesting that benefits are being targeted more towards those who really need it – the worse off financially. As you would expect there were fewer beneficiaries living above the poverty line in 2007. According to the type of settlement for both years, benefits were more likely to be received by rural households. The reduction in overall take up of benefits mentioned above was more prevalent in urban settlements, suggesting that urban Serbia is moving out of poverty at a faster rate (as confirmed in other chapters). LSMS 2007 shows that, on average, almost one quarter of total expenditure of poor households is covered by the benefits they receive. Compared to 20 % in 2002 this further shows an improvement in 2007. Social welfare in Serbia 73
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1. POVERTY PROFILE IN SERBIA IN THE
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Absolute and extreme poverty of Rom
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Table 1.4. Subjective evaluation of
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Table 1.8. Poverty by regions in Se
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job. While 26 percent of the popula
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Table 9.13. Respondents aged 15+ by
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Natalija Bogdanov Agriculture 10 10
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10.2. Rural poverty in Serbia Inter
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12. METHODOLOGY 12.1. Fieldwork App
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ent paid by the tenants was used. I
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steps. First, the daily caloric val
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poverty in Serbia in 2007 were impr
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