The Revenu de solidarité active (RSA) is a French form of in work
welfare benefit
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aimed at reducing the barrier to return to work. It was implemented on 1 June 2009 by the French government.
RSA replaces the
Revenu minimum d'insertion
The Revenu minimum d'insertion (RMI) was a French form of social welfare. It is aimed at people without any income who are of working age but do not have any other rights to unemployment benefits (such as contributions-based unemployment benefits). ...
; its goal is to provide a minimum income for unemployed and underemployed workers, with the aim of encouraging them to find work, and provide a complement for low-wage workers so that they do not suffer the perverse effects of earning less through employment than unemployment.
RSA is also intended to replace
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(API) and ultimately various other government-sponsored back-to-work incentives and initiatives such as
contrat unique d'insertion
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contrat d'accompagnement dans l'emploi
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and
contrat initiative emploi
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As of 1 April 2020, the monthly RSA allocation is €550.93 for a single person.
Although the initial programme applied only to workers over the age of 25, "La loi de finances pour 2010 (article 135)"
Loi n°2009-1673 du 30 décembre 2009 de finances pour 2010
on the Légifrance site. extended benefits to young people aged 18 to 25 who have worked the equivalent of at least two years over the preceding three calendar years.
Calculation
If a person's revenue from work does not reach the RSA threshold, the state pays a negative income tax
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to the employee. It is the difference between the RSA and the person's own earnings. It is intended to prevent work disincentives.
Amount
The monthly RSA benefit decreases as the income from work increases until the income from work reaches the minimum wage
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, €17,451 per person in 2014.
See also
*Revenu minimum d'insertion
The Revenu minimum d'insertion (RMI) was a French form of social welfare. It is aimed at people without any income who are of working age but do not have any other rights to unemployment benefits (such as contributions-based unemployment benefits). ...
*Guaranteed minimum income
Guaranteed minimum income (GMI), also called minimum income (or mincome for short), is a social-welfare system that guarantees all citizens or families an income sufficient to live on, provided that certain eligibility conditions are met, typical ...
*Poverty in France
Poverty in France has fallen by 60% over thirty years. Although it affected 15% of the population in 1970, in 2001 only 6.1% (or 3.7 million people) were below the poverty line (which, according to INSEE's criteria, is half of the median ...
*Working tax credit
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References
Further reading
* Allegre, G. (2011) Le RSA: distribution vers les travailleurs pauvres et offre de travail. Revue de l’OFCE 118(Juillet): 33–62.
* Anne, D. and L’horty, Y. (2002) Transferts sociaux locaux et retour à l'emploi. Economie et Statistique 30(février): 357–358.
* Denis, A. and L’horty, Y. (2012) Revenu de solidarité active (RSA) et incitations au retour à l’emploi en France. Revue internationale de sécurité sociale 65(3): 85–112.
* Eydoux, A. and Tuchszirer, C. (2011) Du RMI au RSA: la difficile mise en place d'une gouvernance décentralisée des politiques d'insertion. Revue française des affaires sociales 4(4): 90–113.
* Mongin, P. (2008) Sur le Revenu de Solidarité Active. Revue d'économie politique 118(3): 433–474.
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Economy of France
Welfare in France