Rethinking the trade-off between growth and equality -- Varieties of capitalism -- Income distribution and labor … skills -- Welfare states, redistribution, and growth -- Welfare states in retrenchment -- Directions for progressive reform …

liberalism is associated with income redistribution and greater gender equality in the labour market. The principal consequence …Despite the considerable influence of Esping-Andersen's categorization of three worlds of welfare capitalism … social insurance programmes and specialized income security programmes for civil servants, but also generous and long …