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A report from the Foresight Centre shows that half of Estonian residents support linking benefits to income. Need-based benefits are more favoured by older people and those with lower income, while younger age groups and parents of minor children are less supportive of them.

In today’s short report, the Foresight Centre presents a selection of various options for linking current social and educational benefits with people’s income, analysing the effect the changes would have on poverty, inequality and the state budget.