Youth allowance

Youth allowance

youth_allowance(fortnightly_income = 0, annual_income = 0,
  fy.year = NULL, include_ES = TRUE, age = 18L,
  eligible_if_over22 = FALSE, has_partner = FALSE,
  lives_at_home = FALSE, n_dependants = 0L,
  isjspceoalfofcoahodeoc = FALSE, is_student = TRUE,
  per = c("fortnight", "year"), max_rate = NULL, es = NULL,
  taper1 = NULL, taper2 = NULL, FT_YA_student_lower = NULL,
  FT_YA_student_upper = NULL, FT_YA_jobseeker_lower = NULL,
  FT_YA_jobseeker_upper = NULL, partner_fortnightly_income = 0,
  partner_is_pensioner = FALSE, partner_taper = 0.6)

Arguments

fortnightly_income, annual_income	Individual's income. Default is zero. You may provided both; providing both when the ratio is not 26 is an error.
fy.year	Financial year. Default is current financial year.
include_ES	(logical, default: `TRUE`) If `FALSE` do not include the energy supplement.
age	The individual's age. Default is 18 years. If type double will be coerced to integer via truncation (i.e. 17.9 becomes 17).
eligible_if_over22	To be eligible for Youth Allowance while over 22, recipients must either commence full-time study or an Australian apprenticeship having been in receipt of an income support payment for at least 6 out of the last 9 months since turning 22, or study an approved course in English where English is not their first language.
has_partner	Does the individual have a partner?
lives_at_home	Does the individual live at home with their parents?
n_dependants	How many dependant children does the individual have?
isjspceoalfofcoahodeoc	Is the recipient a single job seeker principal carer, either of large family or foster child/ren, or who is a home or distance educator of child/ren?
is_student	Is the individual a student? Note that apprentices are considered students.
per	How often the payment will be made. Default is fortnightly. At present payments can only be fortnightly.
max_rate	If not `NULL`, a length-1 double representing the maximum fortnightly rate for youth allowance.
es	If not `NULL`, a length-1 double as the energy supplement.
taper1	The amount at which the payment is reduced for each dollar earned between the lower and upper bounds.
taper2	The amount at which the payment is reduced for each dollar earned above the upper bound.
FT_YA_student_lower	Student and apprentice lower bound for which reduction in payment occurs at rate `taper1`.
FT_YA_student_upper	Student and apprentice upper bound for which reduction in payment occurs at rate `taper1`. Student and apprentice lower bound for which reduction in payment occurs at rate taper2.
FT_YA_jobseeker_lower	Jobseeker lower bound for which reduction in payment occurs at rate taper1
FT_YA_jobseeker_upper	Jobseeker upper bound for which reduction in payment occurs at rate taper1. Student and apprentice lower bound for which reduction in payment occurs at rate `taper2`.
partner_fortnightly_income	The partner's fortnightly income (or zero if no partner).
partner_is_pensioner	(logical, default: `FALSE`) Is the individual's partner in receipt of a pension (or benefit)?
partner_taper	The amount by which the payment is reduced for each dollar earned by the individual's partner. (See http://guides.dss.gov.au/guide-social-security-law/4/2/8/40.)

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