Description |
xix, 261 pages ; 24 cm |
Series |
International studies on social security ; v. 10 |
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International studies on social security ; v. 10
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Contents |
Welfare to work in practice : introduction and overview / Peter Saunders -- Protection to activation : the apotheosis of work / Neil Gilbert -- Work as welfare? : lone mothers social security and employment / Jane Millar -- Bridging the welfare to work divide : economic and social participation among income support recipients in Australia / Peter Saunders -- The role of workfare in the Scandinavian model of social security : soft work incentives, skill upgrading, or quality of life improvement for the disadvantaged? / Lisbeth Pedersen and Jørgen Søndergaard -- In-work benefits : curing unemployment among the low-skilled in Germany / Martin Werding -- Financial incentives and mothers' employment : a comparative perspective / Jonathan Bradshaw, Naomi Finch, and Emese Mayhew -- Reforming the passive welfare state : Belgium's new income arrangements to make work pay in international perspective / Lieve De Lathouwer -- Dilemmas in disability activation and how Scandinavians try to live with them / Einar Overbye -- Personalised employment services for disability benefits recipients : are comparisons useful? / Patricia Thornton and Anne Corden -- Who becomes a disability benefit recipient in Sweden? / Sisko Bergendorff ... [et al.] -- Returning the long-term sick-listed to work : the effects of educational measures and employer separations in Denmark / Jan Høgelund and Anders Holm -- Disability benefits and unemployment patterns in Estonia / Orsolya Szirko |
Summary |
"An impressive list of contributors including Jane Millar, Neil Gilbert, Martin Werding and Einar Overbye discuss a range of topics from social security and labour market issues to the needs of special groups such as lone parents, the long-term unemployed and those with a disability in relation to the new social security policy agenda. The volume will be of interest to academics and policymakers in the field."--BOOK JACKET |
Analysis |
Social Security payments |
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Employment participation |
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Welfare to work programs |
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Welfare policy |
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Social security payments |
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Employment participation rates |
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Conferences |
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Australia overseas comparisons |
Notes |
Selected conference papers |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Social security -- Congresses.
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Social security beneficiaries -- Employment -- Congresses.
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Social security -- Government policy -- Congresses.
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Social security beneficiaries -- Attitudes -- Congresses.
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Social participation -- Economic aspects -- Congresses.
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Welfare recipients -- Employment.
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Social security beneficiaries -- Employment.
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People with disabilities -- Employment.
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Social security.
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Social participation.
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Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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Author |
Saunders, Peter, 1948-
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LC no. |
2004020996 |
ISBN |
0754643581 hardback |
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