A heated debate focused on the impact of multiculturalism and ethnic heterogeneity on welfare state generosity has emerged in recent years. At the center of the debate is the argument that ethnic heterogeneity undermines support for the welfare state for several reasons. Prominent among these is...

Policy frames in Brazil have long run up against conflicting visions and understandings about the causes and consequences of group-based inequality. This paper argues that a class-based lens has dominated the social protection framework. In recent years, political leaders have framed social...

Social protection is emerging in Nepal as a key state instrument to reduce social exclusion and inequality by providing cash and social transfers to the most vulnerable households, targeting the socially excluded and challenging inter-generational poverty. In 2016-17, over 2.2 million persons in...

This article uses a relatively new data source - the American Community Survey (ACS) - to document the economic and demographic characteristics of the Hispanic population in the United States. Although the article focuses on Social Security beneficiaries and Supplemental Security Income (SSI)...

This article explains why partial privatization of Social Security is likely to have an adverse impact on three specific subpopulations: women, minorities, and lower-income workers. It begins by explaining how partial privatization differs fundamentally from the current system. It then explains...