What impact is Poland’s new child benefit having?

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Euro|Topics relaunched their website during 2016. Features published before that date are still available via an archive website (see related url hyperlinks0In its first year in office Poland's national-conservative PiS government launched its flagship child benefit scheme 500plus. Poor families will receive a monthly benefit of 500 złoty [around €115] from the first child onwards, while better-off families can claim the benefit for the second and subsequent children. The Polish media review the success of the programme.

The Polish government appointed in November 2015 introduced a generous child-raising benefit targeted at all families with more than one child and supporting poor families with one child. The new benefit was expected to increase the birth-rate and improve the financial situation of large families. The law was quickly processed, and payment of benefits began in April 2016.

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http://archiv.eurotopics.net/en/home/presseschau/aktuell.html http://archiv.eurotopics.net/en/home/presseschau/aktuell.html
ESO: Background information: Poland: A change so good, it makes you want to cry http://www.europeansources.info/record/poland-a-change-so-good-it-makes-you-want-to-cry/
Radio Poland, 30.12.16: Minister: 500+ programme not causing women to leave jobs http://www.thenews.pl/1/12/Artykul/286913,Minister-500-programme-not-causing-women-to-leave-jobs
Radio Poland, 29.12.16: 500+ programme cost PLN 15.4 bln by November: Minister http://www.thenews.pl/1/12/Artykul/286666,500-programme-cost-PLN-154-bln-by-November-Minister
ESO: Background information: Poland at odds over child benefits http://www.europeansources.info/record/poland-at-odds-over-child-benefits/
Radio Poland: Tag: 500+ programme http://www.thenews.pl/1/3/Tematy/126328
European Commission: European Social Policy Network: Flash Report, No.45, 2016: “Family 500+”: A new family income-supporting benefit in Poland http://ec.europa.eu/social/BlobServlet?docId=16077&langId=en

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