Screen LibraryLate-career risks in changing welfare states : comparing Germany and the United States since the 1980s /
Motivated by debates about welfare state retrenchment and growing economic insecurity, the author provides an in-depth account of national differences in key social programmes and of crucial changes since the 1980s. To better understand their impact on the lives of ordinary citizens, he examines hou...
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Amsterdam University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Amsterdam : |
| Publication Dates: | [2015] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Changing Welfare States
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| Summary: |
Motivated by debates about welfare state retrenchment and growing economic insecurity, the author provides an in-depth account of national differences in key social programmes and of crucial changes since the 1980s. To better understand their impact on the lives of ordinary citizens, he examines household panel data to assess financial consequences of late-career job loss and retirement in the two countries. |
| Carrier Form: | 335 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-331) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9789089646774 9089646779 |
| Index Number: | HV275 |
| CLC: |
D751.67 D771.27 |
| Call Number: | D751.67/H473 |