Fr. 236.00

Targeting Social Benefits - International Perspectives and Trends

English · Hardback

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Over the last decade changing family life and increasing fiscal constraints on welfare expenditures have forced industrialized nations to reconsider how they approach social protection

List of contents

Introduction; 1: The New Zealand Model: Targeting in an Income-Tested System; 2: Targeting Strategies in the Netherlands: Demand Management and Cost Constraint; 3: Targeting Social Provisions in Britain: Who Benefits from Allocation Formulae?; 4: Retrenchment and Progressive Targeting: The Israeli Experience; 5: Targeting Social Welfare in the United States: Personal Responsibility, Private Behavior, and Public Benefits; 6: Targeting Welfare in a “Soft” State: Italy’s Winding Road to Selectivity; 7: From a Generous to a Stingy Welfare State? Sweden’s Approach to Targeting; 8: Renegotiating Social Allocations: Choices and Issues

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Neil Gilbert

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Over the last decade changing family life and increasing fiscal constraints on welfare expenditures have forced industrialized nations to reconsider how they approach social protection

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