Domain Linkages and Privatization in Social Security
Published on 28. July 2000
Book
Hardback
368 pages
978-0-7546-1473-9 (ISBN)
Description
This volume is based on papers presented at the sixth International Research Seminar on "Issues in Social Security", held by FISS on 12-15 June 1999 in Sigtuna, Sweden. The book relates to the discussion about the merits of improving the incentive structure of social security programmes by privatization. The first part contains two important chapters - the first looks at the interaction between programmes and how they make one of them to serve the purposes of the other. This mechanism is termed "domain linkage". The second chapter deals with welfare state programmes that contain behavioural risks, like health insurance, sickness benefits, unemployment and disability insurance - where moral hazard is a potential problem. The second part of the book groups a number of international comparative studies. The first three deal with retirement issues, and the fourth looks at the development of poverty and income distribution.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
20 figures
Dimensions
Height: 159 mm
Width: 226 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7546-1473-9 (9780754614739)
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Content
Part 1 Domain linkages and the privatization issue: domain linkages in the welfare state, Martin Rein and Barry Friedman; privatization and consistency in social insurance, Philip de Jong. Part 2 Comparative studies: the labour market, retirement and disability, Joseph Quinn; the interaction of labour market policy and old-age insurance - an international comparison, Jochem Jagob and Werner Sesselmeier; child maintenance - the balance between private and public responsibility, Anne Corden; poverty and social safety nets in Korea in a regional perspective, Jun Young Kim. Part 3 Country studies - (early) retirement: corporate pension reform in Japan and the effect of frequency of job changes by middle-aged and elderly workers, Yoshihiro Kaneko; reform of retirement programmes and the future well-being of the elderly in America, Robert L. Clark and Joseph Quinn; at the crossroads between working life and early exit - the middle-aged Finnish baby boomers and their lifestyle choices, Hannele Savioja and Katri Hellsten. Part 4 Country studies - other issues: sick in the 80s - unemployed in the 90s? Sara Stendahl; welfare programmes for unemployment income in Albania, Merita Xhumari; work, children, family structure and welfare - an integrative framework, Barry Friedman and Martin Rein; the income support law in Israel - background and future legislation, Brenda Morgenstin, Nira Shamai and Tamar Haron.