Comparing the USA, eight European countries, and Japan, this book demonstrates significant cross-national differences in early retirement across countries and over time. The study evaluates the impact of major variations in welfare regimes, production systems, and labor relations and provides comprehensive empirical analysis and a balanced approach to studying both the pull and the push factors affecting early exit from work needed to understand the development of early retirement regimes.
Comparing the USA, eight European countries, and Japan, this book demonstrates significant cross-national differences in early retirement across count...
This book challenges the popular thesis of a downward trend in the viability of welfare states in competitive market economies. With approaches ranging from historical case studies to cross-national analyses, the contributors explore various aspects of the relationships between welfare states, industrial relations, financial government and production systems. Building upon and combining comparative studies of both the varieties of capitalism and the worlds of welfare state regimes, the book considers issues such as: *the role of employers and unions in social policy *the...
This book challenges the popular thesis of a downward trend in the viability of welfare states in competitive market economies. With approaches ran...
This book challenges the popular thesis of a downward trend in the viability of welfare states in competitive market economies. With approaches ranging from historical case studies to cross-national analyses, the contributors explore various aspects of the relationships between welfare states, industrial relations, financial government and production systems. Building upon and combining comparative studies of both the varieties of capitalism and the worlds of welfare state regimes, the book considers issues such as: *the role of employers and unions in social policy *the...
This book challenges the popular thesis of a downward trend in the viability of welfare states in competitive market economies. With approaches ran...
Comparing the USA, eight European countries, and Japan, this book demonstrates significant cross-national differences in early retirement across countries and over time. The study evaluates the impact of major variations in welfare regimes, production systems, and labor relations and provides comprehensive empirical analysis and a balanced approach to studying both the pull and the push factors affecting early exit from work needed to understand the development of early retirement regimes.
Comparing the USA, eight European countries, and Japan, this book demonstrates significant cross-national differences in early retirement across count...
Studying the political economy of welfare state reform, this edited collection focuses on the role of public opinion and organized interests in respect to policy change.
Studying the political economy of welfare state reform, this edited collection focuses on the role of public opinion and organized interests in respec...