Childbearing Age, Family Allowances, and Social Security

The debate on social policy change is not only about the evolving nature of social benefits but also about change in their territorial organization. This territorial issue is central in Belgium. In 2011, the Sixth State Reform featured the decentralization of family allowances, a component of social security. This article explains why such decentralization occurred in Belgium despite the fact that Francophone parties, which effectively have veto power over constitutional reform, had long insisted that no portion of social security would ever be transferred to the constituent units. We argue that increasing political pressure generated by the surge of the Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie (N-VA) in the context of the government formation crises altered how Francophone parties assessed both the national unity situation and their own political interests. The article also discusses the policy and political implications of the decentralization of family allowances in Belgium.

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Keeping Warm and Dry: The Policy Response to the Struggle for Shelter Among Canada's Homeless, 1900-1960

Urban History Review ◽

10.7202/1017786ar ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 16 (2) ◽

pp. 147-163 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

John C. Bacher ◽

J. David Hulchanski

Keyword(s):

Social Security ◽

Safety Net ◽

Community Response ◽

Second World War ◽

Housing Conditions ◽

World War ◽

The Social ◽

Effective Community ◽

Second World ◽

Family Allowances

During the first six decades of the 20th century, the social security safety net designed to protect Canadians from destitution has seen many holes. Despite the well documented extent of misery, conservative attitudes of prejudice against the poor through these years prevented the development of an effective community response to poverty and substandard housing conditions. This paper examines the evolution of the Canadian welfare state over three periods. It finds that while a social security system of old age pensions, family allowances and unemployment insurance had emerged by the end of the Second World War, its creation was due more to opportunistic political calculations, than a benevolent effort to reduce homelessness.

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Internal coordination of social security in federal Belgium

European Journal of Social Security ◽

10.1177/1388262719845315 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 21 (2) ◽

pp. 100-118

Author(s):

Paul Schoukens ◽

Greta Gorissen

Keyword(s):

Social Security ◽

Long Term Care ◽

Federal State ◽

Term Care ◽

State Reform ◽

Federal Level ◽

Long Term Care Insurance ◽

Financial Arrangements ◽

Family Allowances

This article depicts the internal coordination of social security schemes, covered by EU Regulation no. 883/2004 in the federal state of Belgium. Since the first state reform in 1970, Belgium gradually evolved from a unitary into a federal state. Next to the federal level, there are two additional levels, the Communities and the Regions. Family allowances and long-term care insurance are, for instance, within the competence of the Communities. The article outlines the extent of federalism and decentralisation, the adjudication of competence between the federated entities and the financial arrangements between the federal state and the federated entities as well as the financial arrangements between the federated entities.

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LA SEGURIDAD SOCIAL DEL CICLO DE VIDA (UNA CUALIDAD POR REFORZAR).

E-REVISTA INTERNACIONAL DE LA PROTECCION SOCIAL ◽

10.12795/e-rips.2020.i02.10 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 204-222

Author(s):

Luis Eduardo Díaz

Keyword(s):

Life Cycle ◽

Social Security ◽

Old Age ◽

Pension Funds ◽

Family Allowances

Social security needs to anchor its purposes in the life cycle. Its application in social security would make it possible to identify gender problems and conceive, from family allowances, an arc of protection before birth, reconciling the productive period with old age and ensuring the sustainability of pension funds. The coverage of the atypical and informal population could also be increased, because the life cycle, as a methodology and strategy of analysis, equalizes opportunities from before birth.

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