Essays about: "Welfare Regime"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 55 essays containing the words Welfare Regime.
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1. Children’s education and parents’ mortality – Do parents with highly educated children live longer?
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : While there exists a large literature on mortality inequalities by an individual’s level of education and other socioeconomic characteristics this thesis looks at the relationship between the children’s level of education and parents’ mortality, which has been relatively less studied. I use longitudinal data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) for the years 2004-2017 and conduct Cox proportional hazard regressions to assess how children’s level of education affects parents’ mortality risks. READ MORE
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2. The role of age for the relationship between unemployment and well-being : A comparative study across different welfare state regimes
University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbeteAbstract : ABSTRACT Aims: While the relationship between unemployment and well-being is widely acknowledged, there has been little exploration of its consequences for older workers. It is also less clear whether this relationship differs between welfare states characterized by varying levels of social protection for the unemployed. READ MORE
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3. Migration Through the Lens of Welfare Regimes : A Comparative Case Study of Migration Discourses in Sweden and the UK
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk historia och internationella relationerAbstract : This thesis compares political constructions of migrants across different welfare regime types, based on Esping-Andersen’s (1999) Three worlds of welfare capitalism. Previous comparative research into welfare regimes has not included the Social Democratic regime, leaving a gap to further explore and clarify. READ MORE
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4. The Framing of Affordability within Ireland’s Housing Discourse : Analysis of the Negotiated Process of Narrative Struggles within the Framing of Affordability within Housing Discourse
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)Abstract : After the 2008 Global Financial Crash, Ireland’s neoliberal housing policy turned again to housing financialisation as focus lay upon the attraction of corporate investors in order to revive the housing market. The result was a swift return to housing price rises but this came with ever growing homelessness and housing precarity as REITs and other corporate investors' influence on the housing market grew. READ MORE
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5. A comparative discussion on the typology of two nations’ pension policies : In a quest for a flawless pension structure for our seniors
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)Abstract : The pension systems of Sweden and Singapore are compared in this thesis paper using the most recent developments in welfare-regime analysis. The author examines how the two countries’ policy systems are responding in light of Esping- Anderson’s welfare regime theory because the researcher thinks it will be fascinating and challenging also to compare the pension systems of the aforementioned countries. READ MORE