Social security benefit in France

A service of social protection is a money payment effecté by an public agency with a Ménage to cover expenditure which the community “considers” to correspond to social objectives: health, family, unemployment, poverty, disability, etc In 2004, the social security benefits represented, within the meaning of the National accounting, 505,5 billion euros, that is to say 29,15% of the Gross domestic product (GDP).

The mechanism of the social security benefits is related to the social security.

Sources

The services of social protection can emanate from various sources:
* State,
* family allowance offices,
* local government agencies (of which general advices),
* etc

They can also come from organizations deprived like the Work's councils or the philanthropic associations.

Forms

One distinguishes: ; Social security benefits

effective Transfers allotted personally to households or private individuals without equivalent or simultaneous counterpart.
; Services of the social services
Access to services, in relation to a risk of social protection, provided at reduced price or free by an administration or an institution non-profit-making.
; Tax services
Tax cuts in relation to old age, the load of children or a particular social situation.

Examples of services