Targeting Social Benefits: International Perspectives and Trends

ISBN-13: 9781138533844 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 232 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

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