Fighting poverty : caring for children, parents, the elderly and health / edited by Stein Ringen and Philip R. de Jong.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ringen, Stein.

Jong, Philip R. de, 1949-

Series:

International studies on social security ; v. 5.

International studies on social security ; v. 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poverty.

Public welfare.

Social policy--Case studies.

Social policy.

Poor--Government policy--Evaluation.

Poor.

Poor--Government policy.

Evaluation.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xi, 358 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Aldershot ; Brookfield : Ashgate, 1999.

Contents:

Part 1 Poverty and income distribution

1.1 "Inability to be self-reliant" as an indicator of U.S. poverty / Robert H. Haveman, Andrew Bershadker 3

1.2 Poverty among children and elders in Europe and North America / Lee Rainwater 33

Part 2 Family poverty

2.1 The cost and benefits of children / Bernard M.S. van Praag, Erik J.S. Plug 53

2.2 Relating inputs to outcomes: child poverty and family transfers in comparative perspective / Jonathan R. Bradshaw, Helen Barnes 71

2.3 Framing and reframing social policy paradigms: the case of lone parents / Nadine Lefaucheur, Martin Rein 89

2.4 Work incentives in single parent families / Katja Forssen, Mia Harkovita 117

Part 3 Pension reform and disability policy

3.1 Reforming social security: how, why and so what? / Estelle James 149

3.2 Pension policies for ageing populations: labour market policies, funded and mixed systems / Colin Gillion 189

3.3 Social security reform and inter-generational transfers: simulation results for Switzerland / Stefan Felder 233

Part 4 Health care policy

4.1 Inequality in health care access and utilization and the potential role for the public sector / Barbara L. Wolfe, David Vanness 251

4.2 Risk adjustment and the equity and efficiency of health care systems / Erik Schokkaert, Carine Van de Voorde 287

4.3 The cost of coercion: an empirical study of the willingness to pay for disability insurance / Leo J.M. Aarts, Philip R. de Jong 313

4.4 Some issues in aged care expenditure in Australia / Ching Y. Choi 339.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0754610934

OCLC:

40882459