Targeting Social Benefits: International Perspectives and Trends

ISBN-13: 9780765806253 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 252 str.

Neil Gilbert

Opis

Over the last decade, changing family life and increasing fiscal constraints on welfare expenditures have forced industrialized nations to reconsider how they approach social protection. Faced with fiscal and demographic changes, many countries have been struggling to develop innovative policy responses. Some involve targeting benefits in order to shrink existing program commitments, to focus welfare expenditures on those most in need, and to give social welfare systems more flexibility in redirecting available resources to meet emerging demands.

Spis treści

Introduction; 1: The New Zealand Model: Targeting in an Income-Tested System; 2: Targeting Strategies in the Netherlands: Demand Management and Cost Constraint; 3: Targeting Social Provisions in Britain: Who Benefits from Allocation Formulae?; 4: Retrenchment and Progressive Targeting: The Israeli Experience; 5: Targeting Social Welfare in the United States: Personal Responsibility, Private Behavior, and Public Benefits; 6: Targeting Welfare in a “Soft” State: Italy’s Winding Road to Selectivity; 7: From a Generous to a Stingy Welfare State? Sweden’s Approach to Targeting; 8: Renegotiating Social Allocations: Choices and Issues

O autorze

Neil Gilbert