child benefits are not taken into account for assessing eligibility in the guaranteed minimum income scheme rsi education benefits contribute to the living expenses and tuition costs of tertiary students and are also subject to meanstesting while tertiary education benefits support those who should expect aboveaverage incomes in the future on top of the subsidies financing tertiary education almost of the benefits go to the lowest two income quintiles imf such measures can be a powerful tool to enhance intergenerational mobility and improve the equality of opportunities