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The end of welfare states as we know them? : a multidimensional perspective

Sowula, Jakub; Gehrig, Franziska; Scruggs, Lyle A.; … - 2023 - Revised in December 2023

This article highlights the limitations of unidimensional analyses in the comparative welfare state literature and emphasises the need for a more holistic, multidimensional approach incorporating social spending, welfare state outputs, and outcomes. To illustrate the utility of a...

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The paradox of redistribution in time : social spending in 53 countries, 1967-2018

Garcia-Fuente, Xabier - 2021

Korpi and Palme (1998) famously suggested the existence of a Paradox of Redistribution:although programs targeted to … harmonized by LIS. My results showthat the relationship between the redistribution obtained by social transfers and their pro … the rich are unable to reachdown the income ladder and remain stuck at very low levels of redistribution.This reflects how …

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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...

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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...

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Taxation of families and "families of taxation"? : inequality modification between family types across welfare states

Schechtl, Manuel - 2020 - This version: 22.07.2020

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...

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Social spending, poverty, and immigration : a systematic analysis of welfare state effectiveness and nativity in 24 upper- and middle-income democracies

Bostic, Amie; Hyde, Allen - 2023

Previous research has highlighted the disadvantaged position immigrants often face in the economy, particularly when it comes to labor market outcomes such as employment or earnings. Extending this literature, the present study evaluates the economic exclusion of immigrants, conceptualized not...

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Income distribution and social expenditures : a crossnational perspective

Schwabish, Jonathan A. (contributor); … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource], rev

We assemble data from several different sources to examine the cross-national effects of inequality and trust on social expenditures. We find that the inequality between the middle classes and the poor (as measured by the 50/10 percentile ratio) has a small, positive impact in social spending;...

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Income distribution and social expenditures : a crossnational perspective

Schwabish, Jonathan A. (contributor); … - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource], rev

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In search of a paradox of redistribution analysis of fiscal redistribution in high-income countries

Coady, David P. - 2023

The last decade has seen a sharp increase in interest in the possible existence of a Paradox of Redistribution (PoR …

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Redistribution and child poverty : a cross-national comparison between Brazil, Colombia, Panama, Peru, Russia, and South Africa

González, Marcela F. - 2022

I propose a disaggregated analysis of the income that households receive to compare the redistributive capacity of the state taking child poverty as case of study. I use the LIS Database and cross-nationally compare six countries: Brazil, Colombia, Panama, Peru, Russia, and South Africa. I...

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