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The Age-Orientation of Social Policy Regimes in OECD Countries
Lynch, Julia - 2001
, Ireland, Canada and the Nordic countries have a more age-neutral repertoire of social policies. In identifying the age …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653034
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Can the Structure of Inequality Explain Fiscal Redistribution? Revisiting the Social Affinity Hypothesis
Luebker, Malte - 2019
in fiscal redistribution across modern welfare states. Contrary to the assertion that there is robust evidence in support … than earnings) is positively associated with fiscal redistribution. In sum, revisiting an influential contribution to the … literature offers no support for the proposition that the structure of inequality has consequences for fiscal redistribution …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012890814
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Pension income inequality: A cohort study in six European countries
Neugschwender, Jörg - 2014
This paper is an empirical overview of inequalities of pension outcomes in six European countries, which are shaped by a variety of institutional pensions schemes. The study contrasts pension system regulation in Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, Sweden and the United Kingdom; and analyses their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011335792
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Pension institutions and income inequality across European societies: Denmark, Germany, Sweden, and the United Kingdom
Neugschwender, Jörg - 2015
This paper analyses major pension system regulation in four European countries: Denmark, Germany, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. It is focused on the government's and social partner's efforts to provide old-age security benefits, and how these regulatory approaches have shaped the current...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011335816
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Taxation of families and "families of taxation"? Inequality modification between family types across welfare states
Schechtl, Manuel - 2020
Previous sociological research has overlooked the fact that a welfare state's tax system does not solely redistribute from rich to poor (vertical) but also between family types (horizontal). Different types of families are treated differently due to (de-)familialization policies in the tax code,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012671229
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Occupational welfare policies and pension income inequalities: Case studies of pension systems in Denmark, Finland, and the United Kingdom
Neugschwender, Jörg - 2011
This paper provides an overview of different approaches to old age security and their societal outcome in three advanced welfare states: Denmark, Finland, and the United Kingdom. All three countries established a public first tier minimum pension, which was also pursued in the following. Reform...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010335513
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Poverty alleviation and the degree of centralisation in European schemes of social assistance
Hölsch, Katja; Kraus, Margit - 2003
redistribution than extremely decentralised schemes. However, for systems with a medium degree of centralisation, the hypothesis that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010335445
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Does European-style welfare generosity discourage single mother employmnet?
Destro, Lane; Brady, David - 2010
Although many have expressed concern over whether generous welfare policies discourage the employment of single mothers, scholars have rarely exploited cross-national variability in the generosity of social policies to assess this question. This is the case even though much previous scholarship...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010335452
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What is the Best Mix of Policies for Canada's Children?: An International Comparison of Policies and Outcomes for Young Children
Phipps, Shelley - 1999
.e., aged 0 to 11 years) in Canada, the Netherlands, Norway, the UK and the US. Of course, social policy is obviously not the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011652927
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Transfers matter most: How changes in transfer systems of Canada and the United States explain the divergence in household poverty levels from 1974-1994
Zuberi, Dan - 2001
Three decades ago, Canada and the United States shared almost identical relative poverty and inequality levels. Yet … period, Canada has experienced declining household poverty. Several institutional economists have utilized the comparative … case of Canada to emphasize the important role of one kind of institution for explaining differences in poverty or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011652997