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Winter fuel payments
- Author:
- SIMMONS David
- Journal article citation:
- Welfare Rights Bulletin, 157, August 2000, pp.7-8.
- Publisher:
- Child Poverty Action Group
In the wake of action in the European Court of Justice (ECJ), the government has changed the rules on winter fuel payments. This article describes the changes.
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.
Differences and similarities in monetary benefits for informal care in old and new EU member states
- Authors:
- RIEDEL Monika, KRAUS Markus
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Social Welfare, 25(1), 2016, pp.7-17.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This article presents an overview of the monetary benefits available in the context of long-term care provided by family or other informal carers in 11 old and 10 new EU member states. All but one country in our sample offer at least some monetary benefits that can be used to help finance informal care. Old EU member states tend to direct benefits to individuals in need of care, whereas new EU member states place more emphasis on benefits for carers. Among new EU member states, monetary benefits are less often means-tested and tend to be lower compared with benefits in old EU member states. Because social policies in many countries increasingly rely on monetary benefits rather than on benefits in kind and because the share of informal care in the overall provision of elderly care will scarcely decline, monetary benefit incentives for labour market participation need to be carefully monitored. (Publisher abstract)
Mainstreaming ageing: indicators to monitor sustainable policies
- Editors:
- MARIN Bernd, ZAIDI Ashgar, (eds.)
- Publisher:
- Ashgate
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 850p.
- Place of publication:
- Aldershot
The Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing (MIPAA), adopted at the Second World Assembly on Ageing, is the first international agreement that specifically recognises the potential of older people to contribute to the development of their societies. In monitoring its implementation two key approaches are evident: a qualitative bottom-up participatory approach and an approach that uses quantitative indicators to monitor sustainable progress and policies. With the European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research, playing a pivotal role in the monitoring of the implementation process, one of its key tasks has been to develop a list of 'indicators of achievement'. This book contains extended and revised versions of policy briefs and background papers that support the implementation monitoring process. The analyses included in these chapters make concrete suggestions towards quantitative indicators, with the aim of assisting national governments in mainstreaming ageing in their policies. The contributors provide an overview of the current situation with respect to population ageing and its consequences and also provide projections for the future. The book also includes the final list of quantitative indicators that arose out of consultations with international experts, related to the four main topics addressed: demography, income and wealth, labour market participation, and social protection and financial sustainability.
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.
Poverty in Europe in the mid-1990
- Authors:
- SAINSBURY Diane, MORISSENS Ann
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of European Social Policy, 12(4), November 2002, pp.307-327.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Examines the income maintenance policies of members of the European Union and three candidate countries: Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland. It looks at the effectiveness of these policies and especially means tested safety nets in alleviating poverty. The incidence of poverty was analysed based on the EU poverty line. Results found that during the 1990s the poverty rates increased in most countries and for vulnerable groups. Mean-tested benefits assumed growing importance in alleviating poverty and several countries have improved their schemes to guarantee a minimum income. At the same time reforms have produced diversity in the safety nets across Europe.
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
Care for elderly people in the European union
- Author:
- HENRARD Jean-Claude
- Journal article citation:
- Social Policy and Administration, 25(3), September 1991, pp.184-192.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Compares housing, home care services, residential care and cash benefits in several European countries.
Recent trends in minimum income protection for Europe's elderly: discussion paper
- Author:
- GOEDEME Tim
- Publisher:
- University of Amsterdam. Amsterdam Institute of Advanced Labour Studies
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 44p.
- Place of publication:
- Amsterdam
In spite of differences in European pension systems, at least some regulation can be found in every European Union member state which guarantees a minimum income for older people. This paper reviews existing minimum income policies for the elderly in Europe, building on data from a project involving national experts from 25 member states, and explores whether minimum income benefit levels are sufficient for avoiding poverty in old age. It looks at different types of minimum income guarantees targeted at older people, including entitlement criteria (whether access is dependent on past contributions or not and the type of means testing which is applied) and types of contributory and non-contributory pensions. It discusses European variation in the availability of minimum income protection schemes, trends and levels of non-contributory minimum income benefits, and the adequacy of minimum income packages.