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Old-age security for women in the twelve EC countries
- Authors:
- DORING Diether, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of European Social Policy, 4(1), 1994, pp.1-18.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Reports on a comparative study which dealt with the question of whether elderly women in the twelve member states of the EC receive minimum pensions of their own. Since the realisation of Beveridge's two principles of universality and of a guaranteed minimum should imply minimum pensions for elderly women, the study examined if the core old-age security systems of the twelve member states actually are orientated to these principles.
Thy father and thy mother: a second look at filial responsibility and family policy
- Author:
- SCHORR Alvin
- Publisher:
- United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Social Security Administ
- Publication year:
- 1980
- Pagination:
- 67p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Washington, DC
Comparative study focusing on the changes over a 21 year period in attitudes to filial responsibility in the United States.
Dependency care in the EU: a comparative analysis
- Author:
- KAMETTE Florence
- Publisher:
- Fondation Robert Schuman
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 9p.
- Place of publication:
- Paris
The ageing population together with the collapse of family solidarity means that managing old age dependency is a problem common to all European countries. In France, reform of the ‘personalised autonomy allowance’ (APA) currently being paid to the dependent elderly is under debate. This policy paper analyses the way that 6 European Member States address the problem of old age dependency to provide an illustration of various possible solutions. These 6 countries, Germany, England, Denmark, Spain, Italy and the Netherlands have been selected because their social protection systems are inspired differently and offer more or less generous types of cover. Germany and Spain have introduced specific, all-encompassing measures to manage dependency, unlike Denmark where local social security payments have gradually developed to cope with the requirements of an ageing population. England, Italy and the Netherlands distinguish between care and other services which are required by increasingly dependent people, the former depend on the healthcare system and the latter are provided for by the local authorities.
Elderly bias, new social risks and social spending: change and timing in eight programmes across four worlds of welfare, 1980-2003
- Authors:
- TEPE Markus, VANHUYSSE PIETER
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of European Social Policy, 20(3), July 2010, pp.217-234.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Over the past decades, all affluent welfare states have been coping with two major new trends: population ageing and new social risks resulting from de-industrialisation. This article aims to investigate how these demand-side trends, and their timing, have affected welfare spending. The study investigates up to 21 OECD democracies with respect to 8 separate programmes and 2 composite indicators of aggregate welfare spending bias towards the elderly and new social risks. It finds that welfare regime logics still matter crucially in accounting for variation between countries, as does the timing of the large-scale arrival of new social risks. Both Southern European welfare states and countries that entered the post-industrial society comparatively late spend less on programmes such as education and family allowances, and more on survivor pensions. However within countries, contemporaneous levels of new social risks conspicuously fail to affect spending on programmes that deal with these risks. These findings defy simple neo-pluralist expectations of social policy responsiveness: on their own, even dramatic demand-side trends influence welfare spending relatively little in advanced democracies.
Family support for older people in an era of demographic change and policy constraints
- Authors:
- WOLF Douglas A., BALLAL Sonali S.
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 26(5), September 2006, pp.693-706.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
This paper introduces the Special Issue of four empirical studies on the provision of family support to older people that have been written members of the Family Support for Older People: Determinants and Consequences (FAMSUP) network. They have in common the use of individual-level data and recognition of the importance of demographic forces, cultural variations and public policy in shaping patterns of elder care. The four papers are also explicitly comparative, and emphasise both between- and within-country differences. The European countries examined by the FAMSUP researchers exhibit several broadly similar demographic trends, but these are superimposed on very different policy regimes. The ‘macro’ focus of much comparative policy-oriented research facilitates the identification and description of population ageing, while illuminating the policy issues raised by demographic change. A macro-focus is also characteristic of much comparative welfare-state analysis. The ‘micro’ orientation of the research presented in this collection typically treats the policy environment as an implicit or residual category. The authors argue that progress in understanding comparative patterns of elder care, and in developing policy responses to demographic change, will be facilitated through blending the macro and micro perspectives, in which variations in the policy environment are explicitly linked to individual- and family-level behaviour.
A global perspective on social security for the aged
- Author:
- DIXON John
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Aging and Social Policy, 11(1), 1999, pp.39-66.
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
The social security programs that have become widely established in countries around the globe vary greatly in their design features. The difference among the programs invites questions regarding the relative strength of their designs. One hundred and sixty-four programs are assessed on three design dimensions: benefit eligibility, qualifying eligibility criteria, and benefit provision. The analysis shows that the best-designed old-age programs can be found in Western Europe and Australasia.
Caring for children and older people: a comparison of European policies and practices
- Authors:
- ROSTGAARD Tina, FRIDBERG Torben
- Publisher:
- Danish National Institute of Social Research
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 597p.
- Place of publication:
- Copenhagen
Comparative study of social protection for dependency in old age in the United Kingdom
- Authors:
- BOND John, BUCK Debbie, CLARKE Wendy
- Publisher:
- University of Newcastle upon Tyne. Centre for Health Services Research
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 92p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne
Report commissioned by the Commission of the European Communities as part of the UK contribution to a comparative case study of social protection for dependency in old age undertaken in the context of the European Year of Older People and Solidarity between Generations. Uses case studies as a basis for the research.
Paying for care: lessons from Europe
- Authors:
- GLENDINNING Caroline, McLAUGHLIN Eithne
- Publisher:
- HMSO/Great Britain. Social Security Advisory Committee
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 169p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Comparative study looking at financial support for informal carers which has been introduced in some developed countries in the light of demographic trends experienced across Europe.
An international comparison of health, social care and welfare legislation and its effects on older British nationals' mobility within the European Union: final report
- Authors:
- COLDRON Keleigh, O'BRIEN Charlotte
- Publisher:
- Age Concern England; Royal British Legion
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 56p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
The purpose of this study was to examine the rights to statutory health, social care and welfare provision that are lost on migrating from the UK. In order to do this the health, welfare and social care benefits and services available for older British nationals within the United Kingdom, Portugal, France, Germany and Cyprus are defined and compared. The report also investigated whether retirement migrants are specifically disadvantaged or other migrants are equally disadvantaged. Section 2 outlines the 'losses' retirement migrants would face should they move to another state. Section 3 revealed gaps in the statutory services available to older British nationals should they move to one of the member states in the study. One of the conclusions in the report is that if individuals are heavily dependent on social care services to live their lives in the UK, it may not be a wise move to move to another Member State.