this is particularly the case in countries where the level of social spending is comparatively low as for instance in greece and mexico andor where support already targets poor families as for instance in belgium and slovenia to reduce poverty effectively a redistribution of benefits also involves correcting the losses of income that can be induced by interactions between different benefits andor with tax rules bradshaw et al in addition while a redistribution of child benefit andor housing benefit may provide a greater income to the poorest children it should be accompanied by a reinforcement of measures enabling parents to take up a job and reconcile work and family life in the more or less short term so that such a redistribution is not a factor discouraging work