Some Effects of The English Unemployment Insurance Acts on the Number of Unemployed Relieved Under the Poor Law

Abstract

Introductory survey of legislation, 262. — I. Developments 1920–1926, 265. — The Act of 1927, 273. — II. Leniency of Boards of Guardians not an adequate explanation of conditions, 275. — III. Extent of overlapping of Poor Law and Insurance System, 280. — Analysis of recipients of aid from both, 285. — Conclusion, 287.