Social Welfare Spending

Author : Julia Lynch
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2006-06-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781139454957

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Age in the Welfare State by Julia Lynch Pdf

This book asks why some countries devote the lion's share of their social policy resources to the elderly, while others have a more balanced repertoire of social spending. Far from being the outcome of demands for welfare spending by powerful age-based groups in society, the 'age' of welfare is an unintended consequence of the way that social programs are set up. The way that politicians use welfare state spending to compete for votes, along either programmatic or particularistic lines, locks these early institutional choices into place. So while society is changing - aging, divorcing, moving in and out of the labor force over the life course in new ways - social policies do not evolve to catch up. The result, in occupational welfare states like Italy, the United States, and Japan, is social spending that favors the elderly and leaves working-aged adults and children largely to fend for themselves.

Author : Robert J. Lampman
Publisher : Academic Press Incorporated
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1984-11-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015016253968

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Social Welfare Spending by Robert J. Lampman Pdf

Social Welfare Spending: Accounting for Changes from 1950 to 1978

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 22 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Government publications
ISBN : UOM:39015064790192

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Spending on Social Welfare Programs in Rich and Poor States by Anonim Pdf

Author : Daniel Béland,Pierre-Marc Daigneault
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2015-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781442609716

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Welfare Reform in Canada by Daniel Béland,Pierre-Marc Daigneault Pdf

Welfare Reform in Canada provides systematic knowledge of Canadian social assistance by assessing provincial welfare regimes and emphasizing changes since the late twentieth century. The book examines activation, social investment, and economic inequalities and provides nuanced perspectives on social welfare across Canada's provinces in relation to trends and issues in the country and beyond. These conceptual, international, and historical perspectives inform in-depth case studies of social assistance reform in each province. The key issues of social assistance in Canada, including gender relations, immigrants, Aboriginal peoples, and the impact of activation programs, are addressed, as is the possibility of convergence taking place in provincial welfare policy. This book is the second volume in the Johnson-Shoyama Series on Public Policy, published by the University of Toronto Press in association with the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, an interdisciplinary centre for research, teaching, and executive training with campuses at the Universities of Regina and Saskatchewan.

Author : Harold L. Wilensky
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0520028007

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The Welfare State and Equality by Harold L. Wilensky Pdf

Monograph on the determinants of public expenditure for social security and welfare in affluent societys - explores the interplay of affluence, economic system, political system and welfare state ideology, and considers the effect of social structure on divergent spending patterns, particularly in the OECD countries. Bibliography pp. 139 to 147.

Author : Fred C. Pampel,John B. Williamson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0521437911

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Age, Class, Politics, and the Welfare State by Fred C. Pampel,John B. Williamson Pdf

Detailed analysis of data from the UN, ILO, and the World Bank leads to the conclusion that a large aged population, especially in combination with democratic political processes, has a direct and crucial influence on the level of welfare expenditures.

Author : Jerald Alan Schiff
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Charities
ISBN : UOM:39015016161096

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Government Social Welfare Spending and the Private Nonprofit Sector by Jerald Alan Schiff Pdf

Author : Joseph Ato Forson
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 17 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783656392101

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The Distributional Effect of Social Welfare Spending in an Economy: Evidence from Thailand by Joseph Ato Forson Pdf

Research Paper (undergraduate) from the year 2013 in the subject Economics - Case Scenarios, grade: A, , course: Fiscal and Monetary Policy Analysis and Management, language: English, abstract: This paper attempts to test the validity of public welfare spending theories (compensation theory, system theory, median voter theory, group theory, Incrementalism and some variants of public choice theory) in the context of Thailand. The study make use of GDP, previous welfare spending, increases in population, tax revenue, openness to trade, democratic government, labour union, trade association, urbanisation and welfare spending as a share of GDP over the period 1982 – 2007. We found strong and positive link between globalisation, GDP, tax revenue, labour union and previous welfare spending with Thailand welfare spending. These increases will invariably call for increased access to education, health care systems and other related welfare spending which means, the revenue base has to be increased through tax. We therefore recommend Thai Government to undertake reform in the tax system to broaden the tax net. Also, land and property tax systems ought to be reformed as well to extend coverage. We also recommend the stimulation of domestic demand in Thailand to reduce the over reliance on the international market which exposes countries to high end risks and uncertainties. The falling population growth in Thailand could also spell a doom to Thai’s labour supply. Thailand currently relies on immigrant workers from neigbouring countries like Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam and Burma. As the economic conditions in these countries improve, these immigrant workers might return. This will create a shortage in the supply needs to cater for the ever increasing demand propelled by the continuous industralisation of the Thai economy. Policy decision makers should factor this in their subsequent decision to mitigate this effect in the near future.

Author : Janice and Julian Bers Assistant Professor in the Social Sciences Julia Lynch,Julia Lynch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2014-05-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0511221142

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Age in the Welfare State by Janice and Julian Bers Assistant Professor in the Social Sciences Julia Lynch,Julia Lynch Pdf

This book asks why some countries devote the lion's share of their social policy resources to the elderly, while others have a more balanced repertoire of social spending. Far from being the outcome of demands for welfare spending by powerful age-based groups in society, the 'age' of welfare is an unintended consequence of the way that social programs are set up. The way that politicians use welfare state spending to compete for votes, along either programmatic or particularistic lines, locks these early institutional choices into place. So while society is changing - aging, divorcing, moving in and out of the labor force over the life course in new ways - social policies do not evolve to catch up. The result, in occupational welfare states like Italy, the United States, and Japan, is social spending that favors the elderly and leaves working-aged adults and children largely to fend for themselves.

Author : Mrs. Swarnali A Hannan,Juan Pablo Cuesta Aguirre,David Bartolini
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2021-10-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781513599618

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Social Spending in Mexico: Needs, Priorities and Reforms by Mrs. Swarnali A Hannan,Juan Pablo Cuesta Aguirre,David Bartolini Pdf

Poverty in Mexico was high before the COVID-19 pandemic and has been exacerbated by the pandemic, with significant variation across states. Education losses from the pandemic are likely to be large and worsen pre-existing disparities; unless mitigated soon, they could contribute to heightened scarring over the medium term. Using state-level and cross-country comparisons, this paper reviews key social programs as well as priorities in education and health. It finds that higher spending and improved design of social programs (e.g., better targeting) would reduce socioeconomic gaps, mitigate scarring risks, and foster inclusive growth.

Author : Alfred Milton Skolnik,Sophie R. Dales
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Public welfare
ISBN : CORNELL:31924001804859

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Social Welfare Expenditures, 1950-75 by Alfred Milton Skolnik,Sophie R. Dales Pdf

Author : National Council of Welfare (Canada)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 17 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Canada
ISBN : 0662169646

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Social Spending and the Next Budget : a Report by National Council of Welfare (Canada) Pdf

Author : Allan Moscovitch,Jim Albert,Carleton University. School of Social Work
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39076000870134

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The "Benevolent" State by Allan Moscovitch,Jim Albert,Carleton University. School of Social Work Pdf

Author : Institute of Public Administration of Canada
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0773506128

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Canadian Social Welfare Policy by Institute of Public Administration of Canada Pdf

Seven experts, representing a variety of disciplinary perspectives, discuss specific reform efforts in a number of social welfare policy areas and identify the jurisdictional fremework of policy-making in Canada's federal system as a factor of significantly affects these efforts.

Author : Richard Rose,Rei Shiratori
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1986-12-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0195365011

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The Welfare State East and West by Richard Rose,Rei Shiratori Pdf

A unique, comparative examination of the different ways in which modern democratic societies provide welfare today, these essays focus on the welfare strategies and experiences of the U.S., Japan, Great Britain, Scandinavia, Germany, and Israel. While the objectives of welfare are common to each society, each has its own ideas about the best way for the state, the market, and the household to contribute to the welfare mix. With the economies of many countries under pressure, the question of the proper balance between domestic welfare spending and defense spending is often at the center of the debate. The essays on Japan provide new and useful insights into how a state--not normally considered a "welfare state"--manages to provide a wide array of successful welfare services.