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| A cross-national test of propositions from the neo-pluralist perspective on social security expenditures | | Author(s) | Roger Clark, Rachel Filinson |
| Journal title | Journal of Aging & Social Policy, vol 10, no 2, 1998 |
| Pages | pp 49-66 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Social security benefits ; Public expenditure ; Cross national surveys. |
| Annotation | Much of the existing literature on cross-national differences in retirement wage policy has focused on the inception of programmes and the factors leading to their introduction. The explanations may be less adequate in accounting for post-war changes in social security programmes, rather the divisions among workers themselves may be of more importance. The authors argue that such divisions may occur along three fault lines: ethnic, racial and linguistic differentiation; the split between heavily urbanised and other segments of the working population; and fractionalisation brought about by domination of a single industry. Using a longitudinal design to measure changes in social security expenditure in 34 nations between 1965 and 1983, the authors test the hypothesis asserting that fragmentation among workers is inversely correlated with expanded investment in benefits for workers. General support is found for these hypotheses. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990311216 A |
| Classmark | JH: WN8: 3K |
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