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Winning the intergenerational wars?
 — Intergenerational fairness, welfare reform and families
Author(s)Stephen Burke
Journal titleWorking with Older People, vol 17, no 1, 2013
PublisherEmerald, 2013
Pagespp 37-40
Sourcewww.emeraldinsight.com
KeywordsSocial welfare ; Public expenditure cuts ; Taxation ; Social policy ; Young people ; Age groups [elderly] ; The Family.
AnnotationThis paper examines public spending cuts and welfare reforms, in order to assess winners and losers amongst older people, children, young people and families. It reviews and analyses spending and policy plans from 2010 onwards; and proposes ways in which intergenerational fairness could be achieved through taxing wealthier older people. The paper concludes that children, young people and families are the relative losers of government spending cuts and reforms; older people have been relatively protected: the focus should be on taxing wealthier older people. Research tends to focus on one age group, so there have not been many studies which contrast the impact of public policy on different age groups. The concept of intergenerational fairness is only beginning to be discussed. (RH).
Accession NumberCPA-130412211 A
ClassmarkTY: WN8:5YD: WS: TM2: SB: BB: SJ

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