This volume presents the fourth phase of the project. An analysis and country-by-country comparison of the effects of social security incentives on retirement behavior in Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, The Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, the UK, and the United States.

Introduction : social justice, legitimacy and the welfare state / Steffen Mau and Benjamin Veghte -- Welfare-attitude formation from a cross-national perspective -- Social stratification and political articulation : why attitudinal class differences vary across countries / Staffan Kumlin and...