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| Outcomes of universality and selectivity in the incomes of the aged | | Author(s) | Sheila Shaver |
| Corporate Author | Social Policy Research Centre - SPRC, University of New South Wales |
| Journal title | SPRC Reports and Proceedings, no 134, February 1997 |
| Publisher | University of New South Wales, Sydney, February 1997 |
| Pages | pp 41-73 |
| Keywords | Social security benefits ; Pensions ; Economic status [elderly] ; Social policy ; Comparison ; Australia ; Germany ; Sweden ; United Kingdom ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The arguments about the relative merits of universal and selective provision of income support concern the appropriate means to achieve these linked ends in the institutional structures of the welfare state. These arguments are reviewed using data for Australia, Germany, the US, the UK, Norway and Sweden from the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS). The effectiveness of each country's income support system in alleviating poverty among older people, the extent to which income is redistributed, and the relative benefits provided are examined. Each country's income support outcomes are a product of the interaction of the economic value of the benefits with the way they are distributed. These values were lowest in countries making most use of selective benefits - Australia and the UK - particularly Australia, where the pension system is most highly selective. However, they were also low in the US, where social insurance provides universal coverage, but private income is also important. Low benefits may be one reflection of lower levels of public support for social welfare expenditure in countries which rely on selective income support arrangements. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-981119238 B |
| Classmark | JH: JJ: F:W: TM2: 48: 7YA: 767: 76P: 8: 7T |
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