child benefits
Government parental support
Child benefits are government payments made to families to help cover the costs of raising children.
The term is especially common in British English, where Child Benefit is a specific program: She receives child benefits for both kids.
In American English, similar programs are more often called child tax credits or family allowances.
- pension schemesOrganized retirement savings systems
- food stampsSubsidized grocery purchasing vouchers
- parental leaveJob-protected time for newborns
- working familiesEmployed people raising children
- welfareComfort and prosperity
welfare state · social safety net · government assistance · cash transfer · social security · dependent care · maternity pay · universal basic income · unemployment insurance · family allowance · access to education · housing subsidies · disability support · income support · health insurance · cost-of-living adjustments · healthcare subsidies · childcare
- benefitsadvantage, healthcare coverage, dental insurance, benefit, health screening
- labor lawlabor code, labor law, labor laws, labor standards, labour law
- Family Policyfamily allowance, parental leave, maternity leave, paternity leave, childcare subsidies
- government spendinggovernment spending, federal budget, expenditures, allocations, military spending
- Nordic welfareuniversal healthcare, welfare state, social safety net, Sweden, Denmark
- redistributionredistribution, wealth transfer, progressive tax, wealth tax, estate tax
child benefitsold age pension
Income for the elderly
state pension · retirement benefits · superannuation · Social Security · widow's pension
child benefitsearned income
Pay from work
employment income · wages · salary · payroll