particular transfer on poverty. The countries included in this study are Canada, Germany, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the …

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. …

, Finland, Germany, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom and United States. These countries reveal variation both with respect to the …