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Three worlds of old-age decommodification? — a comparative analysis of old-age support using the Luxembourg Income Study
Author(s)	Brian Gran
Journal title	Journal of Aging Studies, vol 11, no 1, Spring 1997
Pages	pp 63-80
Keywords	Economic status [elderly] ; Income [older people] ; Comparison ; Netherlands ; Sweden ; Germany ; France ; United States of America ; Australia.
Annotation	In "The three worlds of welfare capitalism" (1990), Gösta Esping-Andersen conceives of three political strategies - liberalism, conservatism, and social democracy - to furnish old-age decommodification. He argues that a system decommodifies when an individual can uphold a socially acceptable level of economic well-being separate from the paid labour market. In this article, data is analysed from the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS), to tie Esping-Andersen's political economy types to individual outcomes in terms of net income and sources of income for older people. Data for the mid-1980s are examined for Sweden and the Netherlands (social democratic), Germany and France (conservative), and Australia and the US (liberal systems). Results suggest that some political systems generate inequality, by providing higher levels of decommodification to some cultural groups than others. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-981015205 A
Classmark	F:W: JF: 48: 76H: 76P: 767: 765: 7T: 7YA
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