Late-career Risks in Changing Welfare States : Comparing Germany and the United States since the 1980s /

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Motivated by ongoing debates over welfare state retrenchment and growing economic insecurity, this book compares the situation of older workers in Germany and the United States over the past three decades. Both nations are seeing a rise in insecurity for older workers, but the differences in support...

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Autor principal: Heisig, Jan Paul (Autor, Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2015]
Colección:Changing Welfare States
Temas:
Public welfare > Germany.
Public welfare > United States.
Welfare state > Germany.
Welfare state > United States.
Politics and Government.
Social and Political Sciences.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / General.
Germany.
United States.
older workers.
retirement.
welfare state change.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Changing Welfare States
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • Part I Background
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Welfare state change and income mobility: a framework
  • 3. Institutional context and social policy change
  • 4. Data and methods
  • Part II Economic consequences of retirement
  • 5. Literature review and research questions
  • 6. The changing economic consequences of retirement
  • Part III Economic consequences of late-career job loss
  • 7. Literature review and research questions
  • 8. The changing economic consequences of late-career job loss
  • Part IV Conclusion
  • 9. Conclusion
  • List of acronyms
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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