Age in the welfare state : the origins of social spending on pensioners, workers, and children / Julia Lynch.

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Bibliographic Details
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Main Author:
Lynch, Julia, 1970-
Series:Cambridge studies in comparative politics
Subjects:
Public welfare > Cross-cultural studies.
Age groups > Government policy > Cross-cultural studies.
Age discrimination > Cross-cultural studies.
Patronage, Political > Cross-cultural studies.
Format: Book
Age in the welfare state : the origins of social spending on pensioners, workers, and children /
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Measuring the age of welfare
  • 3. Age and the welfare state : theories and hypotheses
  • 4. Family allowances : wages, taxes, and the appeal to the self-employed
  • 5. Benefits for the unemployed : young and old in the fortress labor market
  • 6. Old-age pensions : the architecture of expenditure
  • 7. Conclusion.

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