scholarly journals ETHNIC DIVERSITY, PUBLIC SPENDING, AND INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT FOR THE WELFARE STATE: A REVIEW OF THE EMPIRICAL LITERATURE

2011 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 364-389 ◽  
Author(s):  
Holger Stichnoth ◽  
Karine Van der Straeten
Keyword(s):  
Welfare State ◽  
Ethnic Diversity ◽  
Public Spending ◽  
Empirical Literature ◽  
Individual Support ◽  
The Welfare State

Public and Private Social Welfare

2021 ◽  
pp. 152-172
Author(s):  
Willem Adema ◽  
Peter Whiteford
Keyword(s):  
Welfare State ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Public Spending ◽  
Social Expenditure ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Incorrect Measurement ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Distributional Impact ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Welfare State

This chapter contributes to the discussion of public and private social welfare by drawing together recent information on these different ways of providing social benefits. It presents data on public social expenditure for 2015–17 and accounts for the impact of the tax system and private social expenditure to develop indicators on net social expenditure for 2015. The chapter shows that conventional estimates of gross public spending differ significantly from estimates of net public spending and net total social expenditure, leading to an incorrect measurement and ranking of total social welfare effort across countries.Just as importantly, the fact that total social welfare support is incorrectly measured implies that the outcomes of welfare state support may also be incorrectly measured. Thus, the main objectives of the chapter include considering the implications of this more comprehensive definition of welfare state effort for analysis of the distributional impact of the welfare state and for an assessment of the efficiency and incentive effects of different welfare state arrangements.

Controlling Public Spending and Striving for Efficiency

2021 ◽  
pp. 34-54
Author(s):  
Mårten Blix ◽  
Henrik Jordahl
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Welfare State ◽  
Productivity Growth ◽  
Public Spending ◽  
Hours Worked ◽  
Welfare Services ◽  
Delicate Balance ◽  
Changing Trends ◽  
Public Sector Efficiency ◽  
The Welfare State

Extensive welfare services require corresponding revenue. Large spending commitments imply that Sweden’s public sector finances are particularly sensitive to changing trends in demography and hours worked. A particular concern is that productivity growth in labour-intensive services is relatively difficult to uphold, the so-called Baumol effect. Increasing costs and spending pose a severe risk to the welfare state, but a risk that should be possible to handle. Though Sweden’s public finances remain among the strongest in the OECD, it will be a delicate balance to increase spending on welfare services at the desired rate. A continued focus on improving public sector efficiency will need to be coupled by a suitable balance between tax-funded services and parts that people will have to pay for privately.

Public Attitudes

2021 ◽  
pp. 328-345
Author(s):  
Staffan Kumlin ◽  
Achim Goerres ◽  
Dennis C. Spies
Keyword(s):  
Welfare State ◽  
Ethnic Diversity ◽  
Public Attitudes ◽  
Research Programme ◽  
Performance Evaluations ◽  
New Directions ◽  
Attitude Research ◽  
Welfare Attitudes ◽  
Citizens Attitudes ◽  
The Welfare State

This chapter discusses developments in research on citizens’ attitudes towards the welfare state. The introduction briefly reminds the reader about older, and still vibrant, research traditions. From then on, however, the focus is on four distinct ‘new directions’ that became prominent recently and were only present on the fringe of the field a decade ago. One key development concerns conceptualizations and measures. A second, fast-growing literature deals with the consequences of ethnic diversity and immigration on welfare attitudes. A third literature examines whether demographic change has triggered intergenerational conflict in such attitudes. A fourth research programme concerns an increasing attention to the causes and effects of welfare state ‘performance evaluations’. Taken together, these subfields demonstrate how the broader field of welfare attitude research is responding to the significant welfare state challenges and changes documented elsewhere in this Handbook.

scholarly journals Derecho constitucional económico: estabilidad presupuestaria y derechos sociales // Constitutional economic Law: Budget stability and Social rights.

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (100) ◽  
pp. 881
Author(s):  
Elviro Aranda Álvarez
Keyword(s):  
Welfare State ◽  
El Paso ◽  
Public Spending ◽  
Social Rights ◽  
Economic Policies ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Spanish Constitution ◽  
Constitutional Economic ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Welfare State

Resumen:La estabilidad presupuestaria y los límites a la deuda pública se han convertido en los principios referenciales de la política económica de la Unión Europea tras el paso por la crisis económica de los últimos años. La aplicación de estos principios supone hacer grandes recortes en el Estado del Bienestar que puede afectar sustancialmente a los derechos sociales e, incluso, el modelo de Estado de nuestro país. El presente artículo pretende dejar constancia que tanto la interpretación de esos principios como el nuevo artículo 135 de la CE deben ser interpretados de conformidad con las reglas económicas constitucionales que aseguran la vigencia del Estado social y democrático deDerecho.Summary:Introduction 1. Constitutional economic rules in the Spanish Constitution of 1978: the lack of a definite economic model and the diffuse reference to budget stability 2. Public spending as a key instrument in welfare state economic policies. 3. Justice principles regarding public spending contained in article 31.2 of the Spanish Constitution. 3. Budget stability in european law. evolution and goals. 4. The tense balance between economic and social rights and budget stability. Conclusions.Abstract:Budget stability and public debt limits have become key economic policy factors in the European Union in the wake of the recent economic crisis. The application of these principles involves major cuts to the Welfare State that may substantially affect social rights and even the model of State in our country. This article argues that both these principles and the new article 135 of the Spanish Constitution must be interpreted in accordance with constitutional economic rules that ensure the continuing validity of the social and democratic Statebased on the rule of law.

scholarly journals Trabajo no remunerado y reproductivo. ¿Quién debe de pagar la reproducción de la fuerza de trabajo de una nación?

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (23) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alicia Girón
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Welfare State ◽  
Structural Adjustment ◽  
Public Spending ◽  
Social Spending ◽  
Public Expenditures ◽  
Widening Participation ◽  
Participation Of Women ◽  
International Investors ◽  
The Welfare State

<p>This article analyzes the problem of who should pay the costs of a nation's labor force reproduction in relation to the widening of the participation to the widening participation  of women in the labor market and the withering of the welfare state, from which concern arises regarding the work performed by women in the household unit.  The article also examines the search to account for unpaid work.  Over the last four decades, recurring crises have been the consequence of frequent stabilization plans, structural adjustment and debts renegotiations with international investors. The orientation of public expenditures toward debt servicing and the external commitments of countries have diminished the capacities of public spending principle in terms of social spending on education and healthcare.</p><p> </p>

Restructuring care: concepts and classifications

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Adamson
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Child Care ◽  
Welfare State ◽  
Public Spending ◽  
Social Investment ◽  
Perceived Needs ◽  
Care Culture ◽  
Key Terms ◽  
Policy Problems ◽  
The Welfare State

This Chapter discusses the complexities of defining ‘in-home child care’, which are linked to broader conceptualisations of care and the welfare state that cut across the informal/formal and public/private domains. Key terms that are central to the analysis of care analysis are discussed, including informalisation/formalisation, privatisation, marketisation, familisation and commodification/decommodification. The chapter also outlines and explains the emergence of the term ‘social investment’, an idea that has driven Western (and some developing) countries’ recent investment in ECEC. Governments tend to rationalise involvement in the funding and delivery of ECEC in relation to perceived needs and policy problems. This part of Chapter 2 presents key social investment narratives, specifically as they relate to rationales for public spending on ECEC. The concepts of ‘care ideals’ and ‘care culture’ are also introduced.

Is There a Progressive's Dilemma in Canada? Immigration, Multiculturalism and the Welfare State

2010 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 797-820 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keith G. Banting
Keyword(s):  
Welfare State ◽  
Ethnic Diversity ◽  
Public Attitudes ◽  
Public Support ◽  
Policy Regime ◽  
Distinctive Features ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
To Come ◽  
Inclusive Form ◽  
The Welfare State

Abstract. There is a widespread fear in many western nations that ethnic diversity is eroding support for the welfare state. This article examines such fears in the Canadian context. In-depth analysis of public attitudes finds remarkably little tension between ethnic diversity and public support for social programs in Canada. At first glance, then, the country seems to demonstrate the political viability of a multicultural welfare state. But this pattern reflects distinctive features of the institutional context within which public attitudes evolve. The Canadian policy regime has forestalled tension between diversity and redistribution by diverting adjustment pressures from the welfare state, absorbing some of them in other parts of the policy regime, and nurturing a more inclusive form of identity. These institutional buffers are thinning, however, potentially increasing the danger of greater tension between diversity and redistribution in the years to come.Résumé. On craint généralement dans de nombreux pays occidentaux que l'immigration et la diversité ethnique de plus en plus grande soient en train d'éroder l'appui accordé à l'État-providence. Cet article porte sur de telles inquiétudes au sein du Canada. Une analyse approfondie des attitudes du public dévoile qu'il existe remarquablement peu de tension entre la diversité ethnique et l'appui du public à l'endroit des programmes sociaux du Canada. À première vue, le pays semble donc démontrer la viabilité politique d'un État-providence multiculturel. Mais cette tendance reflète les traits distinctifs du contexte institutionnel au sein duquel évoluent les attitudes du public. Le régime de politiques canadiennes fait échec à la tension entre la diversité et la redistribution en soustrayant de l'État-providence diverses pressions d'ajustement et en favorisant une forme d'identité plus inclusive. Certains de ces mécanismes de tampon institutionnels disparaissent progressivement, ce qui peut accroître le danger d'une tension accrue entre la diversité et la redistribution dans les années à venir.

scholarly journals Political Participation and the Welfare State

2019 ◽  
pp. 541-558
Author(s):  
Rainald Borck
Keyword(s):  
Political Participation ◽  
Welfare State ◽  
Empirical Literature ◽  
Welfare Spending ◽  
The Welfare State

A large literature has claimed that higher political participation increases welfare spending. In this chapter, the author reviews this literature, first studying the theoretical link between participation and redistributive spending, then reviewing the empirical literature on the links between education, income, and political participation, and those between political participation and redistribution.

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