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, France, and Sweden) that represent the principal types of welfare and gender regimes, we propose ways of operationalising the …
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According to the 'median-voter' hypothesis, greater inequality in the market distribution of earnings or income tends to produce greater generosity in redistributive policy. We outline the steps in the causal chain specified by the hypothesis and attempt to assess these steps empirically. Prior...
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, Germany, Sweden, and United States), and level of education in a sample of 5885 women. The findings of the study indicated … that education, age and marital status were significant predictors of wealth in the US, Canada, and Sweden, although … marital status was reversed for Sweden. While education and age were significant predictors of wealth for women in Canada …
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and Sweden is used to simulate the income distributions that other countries would have if they had the US (or German …
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employ the Luxembourg Income Study to compare Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Sweden, and the United States. This study … defamilialization levels predicted for their system. Our results show Sweden and Canada provide highest autonomy levels, Finland, France …
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comparable data from five countries - Sweden, Belgium, Germany, Norway and the U.S. - to ask whether immigrants benefit more from …
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decades in a comparative perspective. The countries included in the study are Canada, Germany, Sweden, the United Kingdom and … vulnerable to cutbacks, particularly in Germany and Sweden. Although the curtailments in means-tested provisions in recent years … greatest in Sweden and the United Kingdom, followed by Germany, Canada and the United States. …
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European countries with contrasting family policies: the UK, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Italy, Sweden, and Finland …
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The aim is to assess the prevalence of poverty among families receiving social assistance. We will examine the incidence of poverty among the recipients in relation to the general poverty profile. To answer these questions, the adequacy and poverty reduction effectiveness of social assistance...
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This paper examines gender differentials in the resources of households and individuals across seven welfare states. In its first part, it asks whether female-headed households can secure a living income without recourse to either the state or the income of a male partner. It then steps inside...
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