Children's Bonus (Kinderbonus) was increased to help families with children with their financial losses and any additional costs that might have been caused by the pandemic
History
Country
Austria
Policy Area
Additional income support for families with children
Measure
Cash transfer
Eligibility
Children who were eligible for the family allowance (Familienbeihilfe) as of September 2020
Type
Cash (social assistance)
Start / Announced Date
01/07/2020
End Date
N/A
Amount
A one-off payment of €360
Total Cost
N/A
Recipients
Parents
Route to the child
Indirect
Sources
Gentilini, U., Almenfi, M., Orton, I. and Dale, P. (2021) Social protection and jobs responses to COVID-19: a real-time review of country measures ("living paper” version 15). 14 May 2021. Available at: https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/33635