This study employs an original, nationally representative survey of individuals in Argentina to understand the economic and political factors that shape individual-level preferences for social insurance. In the past two decades, Latin American democracies have undertaken significant changes in...

How does welfare state expansion reconfigure political coalitions? Traditional accounts of the welfare state in advanced industrial economies emphasize the tendency for policy “insiders” -- those already incorporated in social insurance systems -- to resist further expansions since this...

In recent decades, developing and middle-income countries around the globe have adopted path-breaking reforms to their social protection systems. Among these countries, Latin America has been a pioneer, expanding the state's commitment on behalf of low-income citizens in key policy areas. This...

What explains the recent rise in non-contributory social insurance programs in Latin America? Since the 1990s, Latin American countries have enacted significant social policy reforms that have supplemented contributory insurance policies with new or expanded non-contributory programs, financed...