Elderly bias, new social risks and social spending: Change and timing in eight programmes across four worlds of welfare, 1980-2003

Journal of European Social Policy

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 217-234

  Tepe, Markus ^a   Vanhuysse, Pieter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Comparative welfare regimes; Demographic change; Generational politics; Service sector economy; Social policy responsiveness

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; OECD; PUBLIC SPENDING; SERVICE SECTOR; SOCIAL POLICY; WELFARE PROVISION;

EUROPE;

EID: 77954205547     PISSN: 09589287     EISSN: 14617269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0958928710364436     Document Type: Article

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