Social Policy and the Labour Market

ISBN-13: 9781138343351 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 412 str.

Philip R. de Jong; Theodore R. Marmor

Opis

First published in 1997, this volume examines why, while mature welfare states are being trimmed and privatised, new social welfare arrangement are implemented in formerly communist and newly industrialised countries.

Recenzje

’...a truly international volume with contributions from many different countries...’ Journal of Social Policy

Spis treści

Section 1. Social Policy (General). 1.1. The Nordic Welfare Model and the European Union. Rune Ervik and Stein Kuhnle. 1.2. Convergence and Divergence in the Evolution of the Welfare State. Einar Overbye. 1.3. Private Provision of Social Security. Leo J. M. Aarts. 1.4. The Case for Equivalent Taxation of Social Security Benefits in the European Union. Henk Vording. Section 2. (Early) Retirement. 2. .1. he Role of Bridge Jobs in the Retirement Patterns of Older Americans in the 1990s. Joseph F. Quinn. 2.2. Retirement and Economic Development: an International Analysis. Robert L. Clark, Elizabeth Anne York, Richard Anker. Section 3. Disability and Rehabilitation. 3.1. The Concept of Work Capacity. Tor Eriksen and Edward Palmer. 3.2. Controlling Admissions and Stays in Social Security Benefit Programs. Han Emanuel. 3.3. Rehabilitation and Incentives. Philip R. de Jong. 3.4. Economic Evaluation of Vocational Rehabilitation Programs. Alf Erling Risa. 3.5. The Efficacy of Public-Sector Vocational Rehabilitation: Measuring Earnings Effects in Experimental Research Design. David H. Dean and Robert C. Dolan. Section 4. Unemployment Insurance. 4.1. An Analytic Framework for Unemployment Insurance and Labor Supply. Jun-Young Kim. Section 5. Welfare. 5.1. Social Assistance in Comparative Perspective. Jonathan Bradshaw. 5.2. Lone Mothers, Policy and Employment in 20 Countries. Jonathan Bradshaw and Ulla Bjornberg. 5.3. Single Parent Families and Social Security – the Case of Sweden. Björn Gustafsson, Ali Tasiran, and Håkan Nyman. 5.4. Is Old-Fashioned Private Assistance an Alternative to Modern Social Security? Frans van Dijk. Section 6. Social Welfare Systems in Transition. 6.1. Social Security in Poland in the Period of Transformation to a Market Economy. Miroslaw Ksiezopolski. 6.2. Social Security Reform in the Czech Republic. 6.3. Social Security for Disabled People in South Africa: Challenges Facing the New Society. Frances Lund. 6.4. China’s Social Security in the Context of the National Distribution System. Fung Ho Lup and Raymond Ngan. 6.5. Integrability of Social Welfare Systems for a Unified Korea. Jun-Young Kim.

O autorze

Philip R. de Jong, Theodore R. Marmor