Fighting Poverty

Introduction and overview, Stein Ringen and Philip R. de Jong. Part 1 Poverty and income distribution: "inability to be self-reliant" as an indicator of US poverty, Robert H. Havemand and Andrew Bershadker; poverty among children and elders in Europe and North America, Lee Rainwater. Part 2 Family poverty: the cost and benefits of children, Bernard M.S. van Praag and Erik J.S. Plug; relating inputs to outcomes - child poverty and family transfers in comparative perspective, Jonathan R. Bradshaw and Helen Barnes; framing and reframing social policy paradigms - the case of lone parents, Nadine Lefaucheur and Martin Rein; work incentives in single parent families, Katja Forssen and Mia Harkovita. Part 3 Pension reform and disability policy: reforming social security -how, why and so what?, Estelle James; pension policies for ageing populations, labour market policies, funded and mixed systems, Colin Gillion; social security reform and inter-generational transfers - simulation results for Switzerland, Stefan Felder. Part 4 Health care policy: inequality of health care access and utilization and the potential role for the public sector, Barbara L. Wolfe and David Vanness; risk adjustment and the equity and efficiency of health care systems, Erik Schokkaert and Carine Van de Voorde; the cost of coercion - an empirical study of the willingness to pay for disability insurance, Leo J.M. Aarts and Philip R. de Jong; some issues in aged care expenditure in Australia, C.Y. Choi.