Gender-Based Analysis Plus (GBA+) of the Current System of Income and Social Supports in British Columbia

Petit, Gillian and Tedds, Lindsay M. (2020): Gender-Based Analysis Plus (GBA+) of the Current System of Income and Social Supports in British Columbia.

Abstract

This paper is one of three papers focused on bringing a GBA+ lens to the work of the Expert Panel on Basic Income. In Cameron and Tedds (2020b), background is provided on gender and intersectional analysis and an enhanced GBA+ framework is developed based on the Status of Women Canada’s GBA+ tool. In Cameron and Tedds (2020a), a GBA+ analysis is applied to two policy reforms—basic income and basic services—to consider their potential in the context of B.C.’s poverty reduction strategy. In this paper, we apply the enhanced GBA+ analysis to the current system of income and social supports in B.C. along with the suite of proposed reforms recommended in Petit and Tedds (2020d, 2020e) using BI principles. Both of these—BI principles and GBA+/intersectionality—have transformative potential. Applying a GBA+ lens along with BI principles illuminates ways we can address structural barriers such as institutional and systemic discrimination, reducing the risk of poverty among diverse groups and promoting long-term transformative change.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: GBA+, insectionality, Basic Income, basic services, income assistance, social assistance, poverty reduction, structural barriers, systems reforms, public policy
• Subjects: H - Public Economics > H1 - Structure and Scope of Government > H19 - Other; H - Public Economics > H2 - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue > H29 - Other; H - Public Economics > H4 - Publicly Provided Goods > H49 - Other; H - Public Economics > H8 - Miscellaneous Issues > H89 - Other; I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I3 - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty > I32 - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty; I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I3 - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty > I38 - Government Policy ; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs; I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I3 - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty > I39 - Other; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J1 - Demographic Economics > J15 - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants ; Non-labor Discrimination; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J1 - Demographic Economics > J16 - Economics of Gender ; Non-labor Discrimination; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J1 - Demographic Economics > J19 - Other

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