This paper reviews how income-support systems affect labour force participation in the UK. The UK's approach to social insurance is "basic security", with modest, typically flat-rate, benefits; insurance-based benefits are relatively unimportant. Compared with the EU, the UK has high employment...

This paper summarizes a set of expert reports commissioned by the IFAU. The expert reports cover Estonia, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. These countries represent range of welfare states, both in terms of scope and design. And in each country there are...

The coordination of the various social security systems of the EU Member States is one of the most important achievements of European integration. This regime became a model for the whole world. Nevertheless, it has some shortcomings which are analysed in this book. Bent Greve (Roskilde)...