Glossary:Social transfers

From Statistics Explained

Social transfers cover the social help given by central, state or local institutional units . They include:

• old-age (retirement) and survivors’ (widows' and widowers') pensions;
• unemployment benefits;
• family-related benefits;
• sickness and invalidity benefits;
• education-related benefits;
• housing allowances;
• social assistance;
• other benefits.

Further Eurostat information

• ESSPROS manual - the European system of integrated social protection statistics (ESSPROS)

Related concepts

• European system of integrated social protection statistics
• Social protection receipts