Essays about: "welfare state regimes"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 28 essays containing the words welfare state regimes.
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1. 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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2. 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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3. Change and Continuity in Welfare States: A qualitative approach to examine the German cash-benefit “Kosten der Heizung und Unterkunft“ from the perspective of Incremental Institutional Change
University essay from Lunds universitet/SocialhögskolanAbstract : What drives change and continuity in welfare states? This master thesis contributes to the debate by examining the German cash-benefit “Kosten der Unterkunft und Heizung”. This cash-benefit is a component of the means-tested unemployment benefit II in Germany which was introduced by the Hartz-IV-Reform in 2005. READ MORE
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4. Why retire? Socioeconomic status and retirement reason in three different European welfare regimes
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : Policy makers in most European countries have in recent decades reformed their pension systems with the aim of increasing labor market participation among older workers to solve the problem of an ageing population. The question arises whether delayed retirement is a sustainable solution or if it comes at the cost of certain groups in society. READ MORE
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5. Exploring Determinants of Welfare State Development in Post-Communist States: A Quantitative Comparative Analysis
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Since the collapse of the communist regimes of Soviet Union and Yugoslavia, the welfare regimes in Central and Eastern Europe have been fundamentally transformed in accordance with the process of economic liberalization in these countries. However, the underlying factors behind the diverging paths and trajectories of post-communist welfare states have yet to be understood. READ MORE
