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The Generosity of the Welfare State Towards the Elderly
Lefebvre, Mathieu; Pestieau, Pierre
2006In Empirica
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Keywords :
Social security; generosity; Bismarck-Beveridge
Abstract :
[en] This paper distinguishes among three types of generosity of social security systems: average generosity, generosity towards early retirement and generosity towards the poor. On the basis of theoretical predictions, it examines the statistical correlations among those types of generosity for 14 OECD countries over the period 1985-2000. It also shows how they have evolved over time and tries to relate this evolution to the process of economic integration. There are three main findings, the first one being a positive relation between average social security spending and poverty alleviation. There is the negative relation between average spending and inequality reduction. Finally, over the period 1985-95 one sees that poverty alleviation increases on average, but to a degree that decreases with economic openness.
Disciplines :
Special economic topics (health, labor, transportation...)
Author, co-author :
Lefebvre, Mathieu  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > HEC-Ecole de gestion : UER > Economie publique appliquée
Pestieau, Pierre  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > HEC-Ecole de gestion > HEC-Ecole de gestion
Language :
English
Title :
The Generosity of the Welfare State Towards the Elderly
Publication date :
2006
Journal title :
Empirica
ISSN :
0340-8744
eISSN :
1573-6911
Publisher :
Springer Netherlands
Peer reviewed :
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