1. The family allowance system got its start in the hardscrabble postwar period. 2. Two others, retirement services and family allowances , are also deeply in deficit. 3. France's social security system includes health care, pensions, disabled benefits and family allowances . 4. Their income can be doubled by the addition of family allowances . 5. However, family allowances fell by 15 % in real terms during that period. 6. The national government provides unemployment insurance, maternity benefits, family allowances , and day-care centers. 7. -the taxation of family allowances and other benefits hitherto untaxed; 8. The minimum wage was also increased, as were family allowances , pensions, and other benefits. 9. The promise of cash family allowances from Canada proved decisive. 10. Vranitzky also has come under fire for an austerity package that slashed family allowances .