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| The age-orientation of social policy regimes in OECD countries | | Author(s) | Julia Lynch |
| Journal title | Journal of Social Policy, vol 30, no 3, July 2001 |
| Pages | pp 411-436 |
| Keywords | Attitudes to the old of general public ; Social policy ; International. |
| Annotation | Measures are presented of the extent to which social policies in twenty-one OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) countries are oriented towards the support of elderly (over 65 or in formal retirement) and non-elderly (under 65 and not retired) population groups. Breakdowns by age in spending on social insurance, education and health, tax expenditures on welfare substituting goods, and housing policy outcomes indicate that countries tend to demonstrate a consistent age-orientation across a variety of policy areas and instruments. After correcting for the demographic structure of the population, Greece, Japan, Italy, Spain and the United States have the most elderly-oriented social policy regimes; while the Netherlands, Ireland, Canada and the Nordic countries have a more age-neutral repertoire of social policies. Identifying the age-orientation of social policy as a dimension of distributive politics that is not captured by other welfare state typologies, this article suggests the need to develop new accounts of the development of welfare states that include age as a dimension. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-010810209 A |
| Classmark | TOB: TM2: 72 |
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