scholarly journals Dimensions of globalisation and social welfare policies in Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Marcelo Santos ◽  
Marta Simões
Keyword(s):  
Social Welfare ◽  
Social Expenditure ◽  
Welfare Policies ◽  
Related Family ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Active Labour ◽  
The Social ◽  
Different Dimensions ◽  
Generalised Method Of Moments ◽  
Positive Effect

Abstract Which dimensions of globalisation have an impact on social expenditure? How do different social welfare policies react to globalisation? This paper addresses these questions focusing on 36 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries over the period 1990–2015 and applying system Generalised Method of Moments to deal with endogeneity. We consider different dimensions of globalisation, economic, social and political, and their potential differentiated impacts on variegated social welfare policies. According to our findings, all the dimensions of globalisation have a positive effect on total social expenditure and on most of its components, although the influence is not statistically significant for social globalisation. The social welfare policies affected by globalisation are old age pensions, incapacity related, family and unemployment benefits and active labour market policies. These results can shed additional light on social and economic outcomes of globalisation such as poverty, inequality, long run growth and economic recovery.

scholarly journals Impacts of Green Production Decision on Social Welfare

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 453 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zheng Zhang ◽  
Yingtong Wang ◽  
Qingchun Meng ◽  
Xinyang Luan
Keyword(s):  
Social Welfare ◽  
Environmental Benefit ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Green Consumers ◽  
The Social ◽  
Green Production ◽  
Important Approach ◽  
Physical Attributes ◽  
Production Decision ◽  
Positive Effect

As an important approach of achieving sustainable development, green production plays a significant role in improving the ecological environment and total social welfare. In order to clarify the impacts of green production on social welfare favorably, this paper assumes that there are two types of consumers in the market: the green and the brown. Green consumers have green preference, focusing on the environmental and physical attributes of products; while brown consumers only value the physical attributes. We have obtained some intriguing conclusions through the use of the Hotelling model, as follows: (i) The total social welfare will benefit from green production. Meanwhile, we also find that the social welfare is likely to reach the highest value in scenario BG (i.e., both enterprises implement green production) or scenario SG (i.e., only one enterprise implements green production). (ii) Moreover, the total social welfare is always positively related to the degree of consumer green preference and unit of environmental benefit parameters in scenario SG and scenario BG. (iii) Finally, in scenario BG, the proportion of green consumers has a positive effect on the total social welfare, while only when certain conditions are satisfied, the higher proportion of green consumers will benefit the social welfare in scenario SG. Our findings can provide useful managerial insights for policy-makers in the development of green production.

3. Punishment and welfare: social problems and social structures

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Garland
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Literature ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Social Control ◽  
Critical Review ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
Social Structures ◽  
The Political ◽  
Complex Relationship ◽  
Welfare Policies ◽  
The Social

This chapter examines the complex relationship between ‘punishment’ and ‘welfare.’ It traces the various ways in which penal systems are influenced by, and interact with, broader systems of social welfare and how these linked institutions function as modes of social control and class control. Following a critical review of the historical and comparative literature—and associated questions of data and method—it discusses how penal and welfare policies relate to the social problems they purport to address and to the political and socio-economic structures within which they operate. ‘Penal-welfarist’ and ‘welfarist’ practices are defined and differentiated, some common elements of practices of punishing and assisting are identified, and the fundamentals of ‘the welfare state’ and its recent neoliberal history are explained.

scholarly journals LA REGULACIÓN SOCIOPOLÍTICA EN LA COYUNTURA: focalización y remercantilización

2016 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 327
Author(s):  
José Pablo Bentura
Keyword(s):  
Social Welfare ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Welfare Policies ◽  
Social Question ◽  
The Social ◽  
Bolsa Familia ◽  
Full Structure ◽  
America Latina

Texto que resulta de análisis referentes al Proyecto ”Estudo Comparado - Bolsa Família (Brasil), Asignación Familiar del Plan de Equidad (Uruguay), Asignación Universal por Hijo (Argentina)”. Tiene como soporte investigación teórica y documental. Objetiva problematizar la configuración actual de los programas sociales en América Latina y Caribe, en su procesualidad socio-histórica y como parte de una totalidad estructural. Concluye que, de verdad, la crisis de los años setenta desencadenó un proceso regresivo de ruptura unilateral del pacto inter-clases por el capital, lo que se refleja, en el momento presente, en la pérdida de su eficacia - práctica y simbólica - de que los Estados Nacionales operen sobre la cuestión social con el propósito de garantizar políticas de bienestar social.Palabras-clave: Focalización, Mercado, Pobreza, Políticas sociales, Trabajo.SOCIOPOLITICAL REGULARIZATION IN CONJUCTURE: focusing and remarketing Abstract: paper that is a result of analysis refering to the project “Comparative study - Bolsa Familia (Brazil), Asignación Familiar del Plan de Equidad (Uruguay) Asignación Universal por Hijo (Argentina) ” and its part in a full structure. Concludes that, in truth, the crisis in the seventies unleashed a process that reflects the unilateral rupture of the interclass capital pact, losing its practical and symbolic efficiency – of the National States operate on the social question in order to ensure social welfare policies. Key words: Focalización, Mercado, Pobreza, Políticas sociales, Trabajo.

Social Welfare Policy and Living Standards between the Wars

2018 ◽  
pp. 217-259
Author(s):  
George R. Boyer
Keyword(s):  
Working Class ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Disability Insurance ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Safety Net ◽  
Social Welfare Policy ◽  
Welfare Policies ◽  
Social Surveys ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The Social

This chapter describes the interwar expansion of social welfare policies and their role in alleviating economic insecurity in an era of unprecedented unemployment. The social security system established before the war and extended in the 1920s consisted of several independently administered programs—unemployment insurance, sickness and disability insurance, old age pensions, widows' and orphans' insurance, and the Poor Law. This safety net of many colors proved to be quite successful in alleviating poverty and maintaining the well-being of working-class households. The important role played by the safety net is clearly shown in the social surveys undertaken in the 1930s—between one-third and one-half of all working-class families surveyed received social income of some form. While the condition of the working class would have been considerably worse without the safety net, it contained many holes, which led to calls for a restructuring of social policy.

Beyond Special Privileges: The Discretionary Treatment of Ethnic Minorities in China's Welfare System

2017 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 295-316 ◽  
Author(s):  
REZA HASMATH ◽  
ANDREW W. MACDONALD
Keyword(s):  
Social Welfare ◽  
Ethnic Minorities ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
Large Dataset ◽  
Welfare Policies ◽  
Minority Participation ◽  
Basic Medical Insurance ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Basic Medical

AbstractThe social welfare of ethnic minorities is a contested subject with a deep politicalised history in contemporary China. This article uses a new large dataset solely looking at ethnic minorities in China, to analyse the impact and outcomes that new urban social and welfare schemes – with notable attention to the basic medical insurance, and the minimum livelihood guarantee allowance (dibao) – have on the livelihoods of minorities. The data suggests that, contrary to the pro-minority rhetoric of the state, minority participation in social welfare programmes is predicated on the incentive set of local government officials. These findings have strong implications for constructing future social welfare policies, and for understanding their potential differential impact on ethnic minority cohorts.

scholarly journals Imperfect Public Monitoring with Costly Punishment: An Experimental Study

2012 ◽  
Vol 102 (7) ◽  
pp. 3317-3332 ◽  
Author(s):  
Attila Ambrus ◽  
Ben Greiner
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Public Good ◽  
Imperfect Monitoring ◽  
Costly Punishment ◽  
Long Run ◽  
The Social ◽  
Severe Punishment ◽  
Public Monitoring ◽  
Perfect Monitoring

This paper experimentally investigates the effects of a costly punishment option on cooperation and social welfare in long, finitely repeated public good contribution games. In a perfect monitoring environment, increasing the severity of the potential punishment monotonically increases average net payoffs. In a more realistic imperfect monitoring environment, we find a U-shaped relationship. Access to a standard punishment technology in this setting significantly decreases net payoffs, even in the long run. Access to a severe punishment technology leads to roughly the same payoffs as with no punishment option, as the benefits of increased cooperation offset the social costs of punishing. (JEL C92, H41, K42)

Political Ideologies and Social Welfare

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mimi Abramovitz
Keyword(s):  
Social Welfare ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
Political Life ◽  
Role Of Government ◽  
Welfare Policies ◽  
Political Ideologies ◽  
General Welfare ◽  
The Social ◽  
Political Traditions ◽  
And Gender

Political ideologies shape public policy debates as well as the social policy strategies developed to address social problems. The clashes among these long-standing political traditions—conservatism, liberalism, radicalism—reflect fundamental and often irreconcilable differences regarding social, economic, and political life. Ideology also shapes theories of racial and gender inequality. These ideological perspectives and theories are compared for their views on several core issues that underpin social welfare provision, including human nature, need, the general welfare, social problems, and the role of government. The resulting distinctions provide social workers with a framework to more effectively assess contemporary social welfare policies.

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