European Welfare State Regimes and Their Generosity toward the Elderly

2007 ◽  
pp. 23-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Axel Boersch-Supan ◽  
Sergio Nisticò
Keyword(s):  
Welfare State ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
European Welfare State ◽  
Welfare State Regimes

scholarly journals THE EUROPEAN WELFARE STATE REGIMES: QUESTIONING THE TYPOLOGY DURING THE CRISIS

2015 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 577-595 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kosta JOSIFIDIS ◽  
John B. HALL ◽  
Novica SUPIC ◽  
Emilija BEKER PUCAR
Keyword(s):  
Welfare State ◽  
Strong Influence ◽  
Welfare States ◽  
Social Democratic ◽  
European Welfare State ◽  
Social Risks ◽  
The Social ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Welfare State Regimes ◽  
The Eu

This paper examines the nature of changes within the EU–15 welfare states affected by the 2008 crisis. We try to answer the question of whether the differences that exist among different welfare state regimes, according to prevailing welfare state typologies, lead to different responses to the consequences of the crisis. Welfare state regimes are the result of different institutional perceptions of social risks hence it is realistic to expect specific responses to the effects of crisis among different welfare state regimes, and similar responses among the countries that belong to the same welfare state regimes. In order to recognize convergent vs. divergent processes, we perform a comparative analysis of the dynamics of the key welfare state determinants of the EU–15 countries, grouping according to welfare state regimes, in the pre-crisis and crisis periods. The results indicate that institutional rigidity and inherent inertia has remained a key factor of convergent welfare state processes in countries that belong to the Social Democratic and Corporatist welfare state regimes. Deviations from such a course are the most evident in the Mediterranean welfare state regimes, especially in Greece and Portugal where austerity measures have been formulated under the strong influence of the Troika.

scholarly journals Explaining oral health inequalities in European welfare state regimes: The role of health behaviours

2018 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carol C. Guarnizo-Herreño ◽  
Richard G. Watt ◽  
Nathaly Garzón-Orjuela ◽  
Georgios Tsakos
Keyword(s):  
Oral Health ◽  
Welfare State ◽  
Health Inequalities ◽  
Health Behaviours ◽  
European Welfare State ◽  
Welfare State Regimes

scholarly journals Political Priorities of Public Administration, Welfare-state and Constitutional Democracy after the 2020-2021 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (3(16)) ◽  
pp. 135-164
Author(s):  
Andraž Teršek
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Welfare State ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Constitutional Rights ◽  
Human Right ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
European Welfare State ◽  
Fear And Anxiety

At the time of the official Coronavirus, 2020-2021 Pandemic emergency measures and general restrictions on the freedom of movement and the other fundamental human and constitutional rights and freedoms were and still are in place. The question of what kind of world will we enter after the official end of the Pandemic was quickly raised. The problem of fear intensified. This is not only a social problem but also a legal one: people have a fundamental human right to protection against fear. The absolute short-term priorities of public administration in all EU and Council of Europe Member States will have to be focused on ensuring that fear and anxiety do not become a new epidemic. Concern for the efficiency and quality of the public health system should be strengthened and improved. Including mental health care and suicide prevention, care for the well-being of the elderly and terminally ill, people with disabilities (in general and disabled workers), care for children, especially children with special needs, and care for large, diversified, and quality palliative care. Also, a need exists for a changed and improved legal policy regarding the system of education, scientific research, and employment. Last but not least, care must be taken not to take fundamental human rights and freedoms for granted. The health crisis will result in a new economic crisis. It should not be accepted as the end of the Welfare (Social) State. It is a new opportunity to defend social and economic human rights and to create the common European Welfare State. Right now, new ideas are needed –even crazy ideas. We need a kind of utopia. And faith and hope in it, which will be the driving force of active action. The experience of the Pandemic must not prevent or take this away from us.

scholarly journals Precarious employment and mental health in European welfare state regimes: a multilevel approach

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
E Padrosa ◽  
M Julià
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Welfare State ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Negative Association ◽  
Precarious Employment ◽  
European Welfare State ◽  
European Working ◽  
Central Eastern ◽  
Welfare State Regimes

Abstract Background Precarious employment (PE) is a key social determinant of health that is, in turn, shaped by the broader institutional framework of the country in which it is embedded. At the same time, evidence sustains that welfare state regimes (WSRs) have a decisive role in determining people's health. However, the interaction effect between them is yet to be studied from a public health perspective. This article examines how WSRs, PE and mental health (MH) relate in Europe, and whether this relationship differs between women and men. Methods Data were derived from the European Working Conditions Survey 2015. PE was measured through the Employment Precariousness Scale for Europe (EPRES-E), validated for comparative research in 22 European countries, which were classified into five WSRs (Bismarckian, Anglo-Saxon, Scandinavian, Southern and Central-Eastern). MH was measured through the WHO-5 Well-Being Index. In a sample of 30,795 formal employees, we performed multilevel poisson regression models stratified by women and men. Results Results show a gradual association between PE quartiles and poor MH (PR Q2=1.37 CI95% [1.13-1.65], Q3=1.86[1.51-2.30], Q4=2.96[2.31-3.81] men; PR Q2=1.15[0.97-1.37], Q3=1.48[1.22-1.79], Q4=2.06[1.64-2.58] women) after adjusting for control variables. Further, the Scandinavian WSR displayed an overall protective effect for MH among men, as compared with the Bismarckian (PR = 0.58[0.34-0.99]). Regarding the interaction effects, these were only significant in the Central-Eastern WSR, which was found to boost the negative association between PE and MH among women (PR = 1.17[1.03-1.33]). Conclusions These findings point to a differential effect of WSRs on the negative relationship between PE and MH according to gender. Key messages European welfare state regimes unequally affect the negative association between precarious employment and mental health. This differential is also gender-based, since the Central-Eastern regime further deteriorates the mental health of precarious employees only among women, as compared to the Bismarckian.

Socioeconomic inequalities in oral health in different European welfare state regimes

2013 ◽  
Vol 67 (9) ◽  
pp. 728-735 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carol C Guarnizo-Herreño ◽  
Richard G Watt ◽  
Hynek Pikhart ◽  
Aubrey Sheiham ◽  
Georgios Tsakos
Keyword(s):  
Oral Health ◽  
Welfare State ◽  
Socioeconomic Inequalities ◽  
European Welfare State ◽  
Welfare State Regimes

scholarly journals Social Investment, Employment and Policy and Institutional Complementarities: A Comparative Analysis across 26 OECD Countries

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
VINCENT BAKKER ◽  
OLAF VAN VLIET
Keyword(s):  
Welfare State ◽  
Positive Association ◽  
Oecd Countries ◽  
Employment Outcomes ◽  
Social Investment ◽  
Investment Policies ◽  
Employment Rates ◽  
Marginal Returns ◽  
Welfare State Regimes

Abstract Raising employment has been at the heart of EU strategies for over twenty years. Social investment, by now a widely debated topic in the comparative welfare state literature, has been suggested as a way to pursue this. However, there are only a couple of systematic comparative analyses that focus on the employment outcomes associated with social investment. Analyses of the interdependence of these policies with regard to their outcomes are even more scarce. We empirically analyse the extent to which variation in employment rates within 26 OECD countries over the period 1990-2010 can be explained by effort on five social investment policies. We additionally explore the role of policy and institutional complementarities. Using time-series cross-section analyses we find robust evidence for a positive association between effort on ALMPs and employment rates. For other policies we obtain mixed results. ALMPs are the only policies for which we observe signs of policy interdependence, which point at diminishing marginal returns. Additionally, our analysis demonstrates that the interdependence of social investment policies varies across welfare state regimes. Together, this indicates that the employment outcomes of social investment policies are also contingent on the broader framework of welfare state policies and institutions.

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