The case for family allowances / by Eleanor F. Rathbone.

  • Eleanor Rathbone
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[1940]
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Credit: The case for family allowances / by Eleanor F. Rathbone. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS PAGE Inttroduction.ix CHAPTER I. The Ethical Case against the Present Method of Provision for Children . . . . .13 II. The Economic Case against the Present Method . 28 III. The Remedies ........ 41 1. Why “a Living Wage” is not the Cure . . 41 2. Why Communal Services will not Meet the Need . 46 3. Limitation of Families not the Solution . . 49 4. Price Control or Higher Wages not the Solution . 52 5. Family Allowances the Solution: discussion of Alternative Methods .... 55 A State-paid System ..... 56 A Contributory Insurance Scheme . . 60 The Method of Equalisation Funds or Pools 61 IV. The History and Practice of Family Allowances . 67 1. In Great Britain ...... 69 University Teachers ..... 70 Elementary and Secondary School Teachers . 72 The Civil Service ...... 76 The Ministry of Religion .... 77 Industrial Workers ..... 80 2. In Australia ....... 81
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